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Fifth Circuit· 7/18/2001

Rudd v. Johnson

Citations

  • 256 F.3d 317
  • 2001 WL 726411

How courts have described this case

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

  • reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
  • reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
  • reiterating that “an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself.”
  • stating that claims based on “infirmities in state habeas proceedings” are not cognizable on federal habeas review “because an attack on the state habeas proceeding is an attack on a proceeding collateral to the detention and not the detention itself”
  • finding Texas sentencing scheme, where life without parole is not the alternative to a death sentence, not to fall within the scope of Simmons
  • rejecting claim of denial of due process based on lack of access to State’s case file during state habeas proceeding

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Judges: Davis, Jones, Demoss

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