Fifth Circuit· 6/21/1999

Mercadel v. Cain

Citations

179 F.3d 271
1999 U.S. App. LEXIS 13612
1999 WL 409655

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holding that the one word denial of petitioner's claim was not an \adjudication on the merits\.
holding that the one word denial of petitioner’s claim was not an “adjudication on the merits”.
holding that federal courts must withhold relief, even on meritorious habeas petitions, until prisoner has exhausted state court remedies
holding that whether an adjudication on the merits has occurred is whether the state court disposed of the case on substantive or procedural grounds
applying three-factor test from Green to determine whether state court’s one-word disposition of a state habeas petition was an adjudication on the merits under AEDPA
noting that the “third Green factor does not come into play in this case” because the state court decision does not indicate one way or another whether the federal claim was adjudicated on the merits or disposed of on procedural grounds

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Judges: King, Reavley, Benavides

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