Legal Opinion
Schriro v. Landrigan
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 14, 2007No. 05-1575PublishedCited by 3,171 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
In cases where an applicant for federal habeas relief is not barred from obtaining an evidentiary hearing by 28 U. S. C. § 2254(e)(2), the decision to grant such a hearing rests in the discretion of the district court. Here, the District Court determined that respondent could not make out a colorable claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and therefore was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing. It did so after reviewing the state-court record and expanding the record to *469include additional evidence offered by respondent. The Court of Appeals held that the District Court abused its…
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