Joe Hernandez, III v. Larry Small, Warden

How courts have described this case

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

• observing that in habeas proceedings, “we are deter- mining the reasonableness of the state courts’ ‘decision,’ not grading their papers”
• observing that in habeas proceedings, “we are determining the reasonableness of the state courts’ ‘decision,’ not grading their papers”
• “A state court’s decision can involve an ‘unreasonable application’ of Federal law if it ... 2
• “[T]he intricacies of the state court’s analysis need not concern us; what matters is whether the decision the court reached was contrary to controlling federal law.”
• “[T]he intricacies of the state court’s analysis need not concern us; what matters is whether the decision the court reached was contrary to control- ling federal law.”
• “[D]ecisions of [the 4 United States Supreme] Court are the only ones that can form the basis justifying 5 habeas relief . . . .” (citing Williams, 529 U.S. at 381)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).