U.S. Supreme Court,
Criminal,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
May 7, 2015
Reining in 9th Circuit's habeas record
A recent Supreme Court ruling has indirectly prevented the 9th Circuit from continuing to circumvent state courts in habeas corpus cases.
Lawrence Waddington
Neutral
JAMS
Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
The U.S. Supreme Court has arguably reined in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and divested that court of jurisdiction to hear federal habeas corpus petitions on collateral review of state court capital case judgments. Although the justices never mentioned the 9th Circuit in reversing an opinion written by the 6th Circuit, Woods v. Donald, 135 S. Ct. 1372 (2015), the message is clear. Woods has now indirectly prevented the 9th Circuit from co...
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