Legal Opinion

James Scott Hislop v. State of Arizona, et al.

District Court, D. Arizona

Decided February 5, 2026No. 2:25-cv-04037Unknown

1Opinion

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 James Scott Hislop, No. CV-25-04037-PHX-GMS (DMF) 10 Petitioner, 11 v. ORDER 12 State of Arizona, et al., 13 Respondents. 14 15 This matter is before the Court on its own review regarding the record materials 16 filed with this Court in these proceedings. 17 I. PROCEDURAL POSTURE 18 Petitioner James Scott Hislop (“Petitioner” and/or “Hislop”) initiated these 19 proceedings on October 21, 2025 (see Doc. 1 at 11),1 by filing a pro se petition for a writ 20 of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

(“Petition”)…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Anders v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  3. Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Doggett v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992

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