all - Opinion Summaries

MOORE v. KINNEY

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Nebraska's exceptional depravity aggravator in death penalty cases is not unconstitutionally vague and open-ended, as the Nebraska courts' narrowing...

SINGLETON v. NORRIS

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Arkansas may forcibly administer antipsychotic drugs to a prisoner whose date of execution has been set, and does not violate the Eighth Amendment...

BERKEY v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a 28 U.S.C. section 2255 petition is affirmed, as a prisoner could not show that he was prejudiced by alleged ineffective assistance of...

MATTHEWS v. ABRAMAJTYS

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Denial of a motion to dismiss a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 petition based on laches was correct, where the state relied primarily on the extensive passage...

MCCARTHY v. US

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
Plaintiff is without recourse because his prior state convictions used to enhance his federal sentences are no longer open to direct or collateral...

WANG v. ASHCROFT

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Immigration Law, International Law
In a multi-claim habeas appeal, (1) Federal courts have jurisdiction to consider the United Nations Convention Against Torture (CAT) claims raised in...

PURDY v. ZELDES

Civil Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Legal Malpractice
The doctrine of collateral estoppel prevents plaintiff's malpractice suit against his former attorneys where similar issues of ineffective assistance...

WILSON v. TERHUNE

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
The presumption of collateral consequences does not apply to prison disciplinary proceedings, and where petitioner has not alleged collateral...

RODRIGUEZ v. MCADORY

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
Petitioner procedurally defaulted a Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause claim under Illinois law, and has not shown cause and prejudice for that...

MASON v. MITCHELL

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
It cannot be determined from the record whether the Ohio Supreme Court applied Strickland unreasonably by not examining the extent of trial counsel's...