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Parker v. Ercole

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
On a petition for habeas corpus asserting that the petitioner's counsel was ineffective as a result of failing to preserve his claim that there was...

People v. Gram

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Health Law
In a case concerning the appropriate procedure for challenging the administrative placement of a mentally disordered offender (MDO) who is recommitted...

Maples v. Thomas

Habeas Corpus, Criminal Law & Procedure
Judgment denying a state prisoner's petition for federal habeas corpus relief is reversed and the case is remanded, where: 1) there was cause to...

Hennis v. Hemlick

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Military Law
In an appeal of a district court’s decision to abstain, on the basis of Schlesinger v. Councilman, 420 U.S. 738 (1975), and dismiss without prejudice...

Lyons v. Brady

Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Evidence
In a habeas corpus proceeding claiming a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment due process right to a fair trial, the district court's denial of the...

In re Garcia

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus
In a writ challenge the denial of petitioner-inmate's request to participate in an existing, prison kosher meals program, petition is granted where...

Gonzalez v. Thaler

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In an appeal from a judgment of the appeals court upholding the trial court's dismissal of petitioner's AEDPA petition for habeas relief as...

In re. David

Criminal Law & Procedure, Habeas Corpus, Sentencing
In a habeas challenge to a Penal Code section 3003(f) order prohibiting petitioner from residing within 35 miles of the sister of a victim of his...