Jeffers v. Chandler

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• ‘“Actual innocence’ for the purposes of our savings clause test could only be shown if Jeffers could prove that based on a retroactively applicable Supreme Court decision, he was convicted for conduct that did not constitute a crime.”
• rejecting argument that Richardson claim could establish petitioner’s actual innocence

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Cited by

24 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Orville Cephas v. John Nash, Warden, Ray Brook Federal Correctional Institution
  Second Circuit· 2003-04-30· cited 415×
• Harrison v. Ollison
  Ninth Circuit· 2008-03-20· cited 393×
• Ezell Gilbert v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-05-19· cited 267×
• James Sawyer v. Carlyle Holder, Warden
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-04-14· cited 245×
• Ricardo Gallegos-Hernandez v. USA
  Fifth Circuit· 2012-07-18· cited 175×
• Hoffler v. Bezio
  Second Circuit· 2013-08-08· cited 155×
• Benjamin Barry Kramer v. Keith E. Olson, Warden, United States Penitentiary, Terre Haute, Indiana
  Seventh Circuit· 2003-12-22· cited 137×
• Christopher v. Miles
  Fifth Circuit· 2003-08-06· cited 122×
• Garland v. Roy
  Fifth Circuit· 2010-08-13· cited 115×
• Carl Blue v. Rick Thaler, Director
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-12-22· cited 110×
• Henderson v. Haro
  Fifth Circuit· 2002-03-05· cited 58×
• Wilson v. Roy
  Fifth Circuit· 2011-06-13· cited 50×
• Bosley v. Cain
  Fifth Circuit· 2005-05-12· cited 30×
• Paul Driggers v. Maureen Cruz
  Fifth Circuit· 2014-01-15· cited 22×
• Stanley Robinson v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 2016-02-05· cited 19×
• Ex Parte State
  Supreme Court of Alabama· 2005-10-07· cited 17×
• Hernandez-Escarsega v. Morris
  Tenth Circuit· 2002-05-03· cited 3×
• Baldwin v. United States
  N.D. Ohio· 2005-06-13· cited 2×
• Whitener v. Snyder
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-09-24· cited 2×
• Gilbert v. United States
  Eleventh Circuit· 2011-05-19· cited 1×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Teague v. Lane
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-17· cited 6,602×
• Bailey v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1995-12-06· cited 3,526×
• In Re Ocsulis Dorsainvil
  Third Circuit· 1997-08-15· cited 1,045×
• Richardson v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-01· cited 913×
• Jeffers v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-16· cited 764×
• In Re James Davenport and Sherman Nichols
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-06-18· cited 613×
• Tolliver v. Dobre
  Fifth Circuit· 2000-05-03· cited 388×
• Ben Gary Triestman v. United States
  Second Circuit· 1997-08-28· cited 371×
• Anthony Ojo v. Immigration and Naturalization Service
  Fifth Circuit· 1997-03-04· cited 355×
• Wofford v. Scott
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-06-14· cited 236×
• Eldson McGhee v. Jack Hanberry, Warden, Atlanta Federal Penitentiary, Etc.
  Federal Circuit· 1979-10-03· cited 136×
• United States v. Jose Cleto
  Fifth Circuit· 1992-03-05· cited 117×
• Hooker v. Sivley
  Fifth Circuit· 1999-09-20· cited 105×
• United States v. Garland Jeffers
  Seventh Circuit· 1976-05-18· cited 98×
• Moody v. Johnson
  Fifth Circuit· 1998-04-16· cited 73×
• Adrian L. Cooper v. United States
  Seventh Circuit· 1999-12-08· cited 20×

Other cases named Jeffers v. Chandler

2 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Jeffers v. Chandler
  Fifth Circuit· 2001-06-26· cited 146×
• Jeffers v. Chandler
  Supreme Court· 2001-10-29