Eleventh Circuit· 4/16/2009

In Re Davis

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565 F.3d 810
2009 U.S. App. LEXIS 8101
2009 WL 1025712

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considering, and rejecting, the argument that a free-standing actual innocence claim is the kind of claim that can be heard in a second or successive habeas petition
noting the established principle that “recantations are viewed with extreme suspicion by the courts”
stating that “it is not clear at all under the case law whether . . . a freestanding actual 24 innocence claim . . . is viable on federal habeas corpus review,” much less whether it is available to be raised in a second or successive petition
order issued in April of 2009 for an application filed in October of 2008 asserting actual innocence
“Our function is to apply statutes . . . not to improve statutes by altering them.” (quotation omitted)
“Our function is to apply statutes . . . not to improve statutes by altering them.” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Dubina, Barkett, Marcus

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