· 8/28/1996
Gary Graham v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division
Citations
- 94 F.3d 958
- 1996 U.S. App. LEXIS 22686
- 1996 WL 490334
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that a court of appeals has discretion to require exhaustion of state court remedies despite state’s waiver of the requirement
- finding no exhaustion in the case because petitioner did present significant new facts in his federal petition
- rejecting the state’s waiver on exhaustion where it simply wanted to avoid further politicization of Graham’s case
- finding no exhaustion 428 in the case because petitioner did present significant new facts 429 in his federal petition
- “[A] habeas petitioner fails to exhaust state remedies when he presents material additional evidentiary support to the federal court that was not presented to the state court.”
- \exhaustion is not required if it would plainly be futile\
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Judges: King, Garwood, Jolly
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