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· 4/25/2012

Beunka Adams v. Rick Thaler, Director

Citations

  • 679 F.3d 312

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that Rule 60(b) motion was not successive petition when it challenged the district court’s determination that the claims were procedurally defaulted
  • vacating a stay of execution two days after it was issued
  • vacating a stay of execution two days after it was issued
  • “The Supreme Court’s later decision in Martinez, which creates a narrow exception to Coleman’s holding regarding cause to excuse procedural default, does not constitute an ‘extraordinary circumstance’ under Supreme Court and our precedent to warrant Rule 60(b)(6) relief.”
  • “[I]n Gonzalez, the Supreme Court concluded that a change in decisional law, concerning the interpretation of AEDPA’s statute of limitations, after the entry of the district court’s judgment dismissing the habeas petition did not constitute ‘extraordinary circumstances’ under Rule 60(b)(6

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Judges: King, Elrod, Haynes

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