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Urinyi v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In petitioner's motion for leave to file a "second or successive" motion to vacate his conviction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. section 2255, the motion is...

Holland v. Fla.

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a capital habeas matter, the Eleventh Circuit's affirmance of the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is reversed and remanded where: 1) 28...

In re Furnace

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Defendant's petition for habeas relief claiming that the evidence used to validate him and place him in the security housing unit for an indeterminate...

Gonzalez-Fuentes v. Molina

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a 42 U.S.C. section 1983 suit brought by former inmates and a petition for habeas relief by inmates, re-imprisoned after being admitted into an...

West v. Ryan

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter in which petitioner challenged the district court's denial, without an evidentiary hearing, of petitioner's claim of...

Childers v. Floyd

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus
In a habeas petition challenging petitioner's convictions for money laundering, bribery, and unlawful compensation or reward for official behavior,...

In re Shippman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Defendant's petition for habeas relief from the second degree murder of his wife is denied as evidence of defendant's lack of insight and unstable...

Awad v. Obama

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Government Law, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed by a detainee at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) there was no...

Welch v. Workman

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of petitioner's habeas petition is affirmed where: 1) even assuming an allegedly hearsay statement was...

Mickey v. Ayers

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a capital habeas matter, the denial of the petition is affirmed where: 1) the Japanese prison conditions did not overcome petitioner's will and...