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· 7/27/1995

James William Riley v. Stanley W. Taylor M. Jane Brady , James W. Riley

Citations

  • 62 F.3d 86
  • 33 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 117
  • 1995 U.S. App. LEXIS 20201
  • 1995 WL 454008

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  • reversing and remanding where district court denied leave to amend and two new claims “appear[ed] to be fully exhausted and not the subject of procedural default”
  • permitting amendment of habeas application where the new claims had arguable merit and appeared to have been fully exhausted and not the subject of a procedural default
  • \Permissible justifications [for denying leave to amend] include: (1) undue delay; (2) bad faith or dilatory motive; (3) undue prejudice to the opposition; (4) repeated failures to correct deficiencies with previous amendments; and (5) futility of the amendment.\

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Judges: Becker, Hutchinson, Alito

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