Includes bibliographical references (pages 2649-2682) and index.
Contents:
PART I. INTRODUCTION. Format ; A general description of habeas corpus ; Overview of the federal habeas corpus process under ADEPA ; 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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