Docket No. | Op. Below | Argument | Opinion | Vote | Author | Term |
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15-580 | 6th Cir. | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | OT 2015 |
Issue: (1) Whether, when a state court's decision on a prisoner's constitutional claim contains both reasoning substantively rejecting the claim and reasoning procedurally rejecting the claim, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act section 2254(d)’s standards apply to the claim; and (2) whether, if a lower court in the state proceedings rejects a state prisoner's claim “on the merits,” § 2254(d)’s standards nevertheless fall away whenever a higher court in the state proceedings rejects the claim on procedural grounds without addressing the claim substantively.
Date | Proceedings and Orders |
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Nov 2 2015 | Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 4, 2015) |
Nov 2 2015 | Appendix of Brian Cook, Warden filed. |
Dec 3 2015 | Order extending time to file response to petition to and including December 18, 2015. |
Dec 18 2015 | Brief of respondent Thomas A. Barton in opposition filed. |
Jan 4 2016 | Reply of petitioner Brian Cook, Warden filed. |
Jan 6 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of January 22, 2016. |
Jan 19 2016 | Rescheduled. |
Feb 8 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of February 19, 2016. |
Feb 29 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 4, 2016. |
Mar 14 2016 | DISTRIBUTED for Conference of March 18, 2016. |
Mar 21 2016 | Petition DENIED. |
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