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· 4/9/2007

Ochoa v. Sirmons

Citations

  • 485 F.3d 538
  • 2007 WL 1033371

How courts have described this case

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

  • “Atkins ... [is] retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review.” (emphasis added)
  • appellate court’s gatekeeping role does not include even preliminary merits assessment

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Tacha, Baldock, Murphy

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