Alexander v. Johnson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that district courts have the power to deny COAs sua sponte
• holding the Teague v. Lane nonretroactivity doctrine precluded applying such a rule in a federal habeas context
• stating that a district court may sua sponte rule on a COA
• stating that a district court may sua sponte rule on a COA
• stating that a district court may sua sponte rule on a COA
• holding Teague forecloses the same arguments made by petitioner herein

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

52 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• James Dwight Thomas v. James Crosby
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-05-26· cited 173×
• Smith v. Cockrell
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-11-04· cited 167×
• Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-22· cited 110×
• Turner v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2007-03-12· cited 98×
• Sidney Porterfield v. Ricky Bell, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-07-18· cited 95×
• Druery v. Thaler
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-07-20· cited 92×
• Shelton v. Secretary, Department of Corrections
  M.D. Florida· 2011-07-27· cited 77×
• Allen v. Stovall
  E.D. Michigan· 2001-07-10· cited 70×
• Grayson v. Grayson
  E.D. Michigan· 2002-01-03· cited 57×
• Wallace v. State of Mississippi
  Fifth Circuit· 2022-08-08· cited 57×
• Haynes v. Quarterman
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-04-23· cited 56×
• Christopher Young v. Lorie Davis, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-08-31· cited 20×
• Gutierrez v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-09-27· cited 14×
• Maldonado v. Thaler
  S.D. Texas· 2009-09-24· cited 10×
• Butler v. Quarterman
  S.D. Texas· 2008-09-04· cited 10×
• Ford v. Cockrell
  W.D. Texas· 2004-04-27· cited 8×
• Cervantes Salazar v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2005-09-27· cited 8×
• Martinez v. Dretke
  W.D. Texas· 2006-03-29· cited 8×
• Bartee v. Quarterman
  W.D. Texas· 2008-08-06· cited 6×
• Avila v. Quarterman
  W.D. Texas· 2007-07-13· cited 6×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Slack v. McDaniel
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-26· cited 41,291×
• Williams v. Taylor
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 15,929×
• Teague v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 6,602×
• Barefoot v. Estelle
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 4,617×
• Mills v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1988-06-06· cited 1,392×
• McKoy v. North Carolina
  Supreme Court· 1990-03-05· cited 1,045×
• Jones v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-21· cited 985×
• Richard Gerry Drinkard v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
  Fifth Circuit· 1996-10-07· cited 372×
• Mann v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 371×
• Alexander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1987-10-07· cited 252×
• Jacobs v. Scott
  Fifth Circuit· 1994-09-02· cited 71×
• Alexander v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1993-04-28· cited 66×
• Adesanya v. Immigration & Naturalization Service
  Supreme Court· 1994-05-16· cited 52×
• Webb v. Collins
  Fifth Circuit· 1993-08-31· cited 15×

Other cases named Alexander v. Johnson

12 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Alexander v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1999-11-24· cited 34×
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-12-21· cited 30×
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1895-11-01· cited 12×
• Alexander v. Johnson
  S.D. Texas· 2001-07-12· cited 10×
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Fourth Circuit· 1983-08-23
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-02-10
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1999-04-14
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 2001-05-23
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1995-06-19
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-22
• Alexander v. Johnson
  Supreme Court· 1999-03-22