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Tenth Circuit· 6/16/1999

LaFevers v. Gibson

Citations

  • 182 F.3d 705
  • 1999 Colo. J. C.A.R. 3990
  • 1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 13264
  • 1999 WL 394508

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the court of appeals “must review the merits of each claim” following a district court’s grant of a certificate of appealability
  • holding that the court of appeals “must review the merits of each claim” following a district court’s grant of a certificate of appealability
  • holding that, post-AEDPA, when state court did not review case on merits and “federal district court made its own determination in the first instance,” this court will review the district court’s conclusions of law de novo
  • holding that when the district court has granted COA, the circuit court must consider the merits of all issues on which COA was granted, even if the grant was erroneous
  • noting that blanket COAs are improper but that once COA is granted, even if erroneously, this court must review the merits
  • explaining that “issues adverted to in a perfunctory manner and without developed argumentation are deemed waived on appeal”

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Judges: Porfilio, Brorby, Murphy

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