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Walker v. Martin, No. 09-996 (U.S. Supreme Court) (562 U.S. 307; 131 S.Ct. 1120) (February 23, 2011) (Justice Ginsburg)

Loaded on March 7, 2011 published in Punch and Jurists March 07, 2011
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Adequate and Independent Grounds.

Here a unanimous Court reversed a 9th Circuit habeas ruling and upheld California's relatively flexible procedural rule requiring that habeas petitions be filed “as promptly as the circumstances allow”, concluding it constituted an adequate state ground.

For the umpteenth time this term, the Supreme Court has reversed another habeas decision ...

 

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  4. U.S. v. Barton, No. 09-2211 (3rd Cir.) (633 F.3d 168) (March 4, 2011) (Judge Thomas Michael Hardiman)
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