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Federal habeas corpus practice and procedure / Randy Hertz, James S. Liebman.

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Main Author: Hertz, Randy
Other Authors: Liebman, James S.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Providence, NJ : LexisNexis Matthew Bender, 2011.
Edition:Sixth edition.
Subjects:
Habeas corpus > United States.
Treatises.
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Anthony G. Amsterdam
  • PART I : INTRODUCTION: Format
  • A general description of habeas corpus
  • Overview of the federal habeas corpus process under AEDPA
  • The client
  • PART II : TIMING OF A FEDERAL HABEAS CORPUS PETITION : STATE REMEDIES: Order of remedies and timing
  • State postconviction remedies
  • State remedies : professional and constitutional issues
  • PART III : HABEAS CORPUS JURISDICTION: Subject-matter jurisdiction : custody
  • Subject-matter jurisdiction : cognizable claims
  • Rules governing selection of respondent and forum
  • The petition
  • PART IV : ANCILLARY AND SUMMARY PROCEEDINGS UPON FILING: Indigents and appointment of counsel
  • Stays of execution
  • Modification of custody status
  • Summary proceedings
  • The state's response
  • Reply, amendment, and petitioner-initiated summary proceedings
  • PART V : MAGISTRATE JUDGE PRACTICE AND FACT-DEVELOPMENT PROCEDURES: Magistrate judge practice
  • Prehearing fact-development procedures
  • Right to a hearing : effect of state court factfindings
  • Conduct of the hearing
  • PART VI : PROCEDURAL DEFENSES: Introduction to procedural defenses
  • Exhaustion of state remedies
  • Prejudicial delay
  • Nonretroactivity
  • Adequate and independent state grounds
  • "Full and fair opportunity to litigate" 4th Amendment exclusionary rule claims
  • Successive petitions
  • PART VII : ADJUDICATION OF THE MERITS: Briefing
  • The merits determination
  • Harmless error
  • The determination whether to grant relief : section 2254(d)
  • Relief
  • PART VIII : POSTJUDGMENT PROCEEDINGS : APPEALS: Postjudgment proceedings
  • Initiating the appeal
  • Ancillary appellate proceedings
  • The appeal
  • Postjudgment, pre-certiorari proceedings
  • Certiorari
  • Original habeas corpus proceedings
  • PART IX : FEDERAL PRISONERS AND DETAINEES: Section 2255 motions by federal prisoners
  • Immigration cases.

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