David M. Pruett v. Charles Thompson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that if basis for alleged cause is barred, then cause itself is procedurally defaulted
• holding counsel was not ineffective for failing to further investigate a theory after counsel had good cause to believe the theory was incredible
• holding counsel was not ineffective for failing to further investigate a theory after counsel had good cause to believe the theory was incredible
• holding counsel was not ineffective for failing to further investigate a theory after counsel had good cause to believe the theory was incredible
• observing that a “hearing could not remedy [petitioner’s] procedural default” of a habeas claim
• The award of “a preliminary injunction is a drastic and extraordinary remedy that is not to be routinely granted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).