· 3/5/1998
In Re: Shane McClaine Cain, Movant
Citations
- 137 F.3d 234
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- holding that claim that had not arisen at the time of the previous petition is not barred by § 2244(b)
- same where petitioner challenged a prison disciplinary conviction and his previous petition challenged Texas Department of Criminal Justice’s good-time policy.
- “[A] later petition is successive when it ... constitutes an abuse of the writ.”
- “[A] prisoner’s application is not second or successive simply because it follows an earlier federal petition.”
- challenge to prison disciplinary decision was not second or successive because it occurred after petitioner filed his initial habeas BROWN V. MUNIZ 19 Panetti’s limited exception to § 2244(b) comports with the plain text of § 2244(b)(2)(B)(i
- “[A] later petition is successive when it: (1) raises a claim challenging the petitioner’s conviction or sentence that was or could have been raised in an earlier petition; or (2) otherwise constitutes an abuse of the writ.”
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Judges: Jolly, Benavides, Parker
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