Legal Opinion
Gonzalez v. Thaler
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 10, 2012No. 10-895PublishedCited by 3,233 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION OF THE COURT
[565 U.S. 137]
2Opinion of the Court · SotomayorJustice Sotomayor
This case interprets two provisions of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA). The first, 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c), provides that a habeas petitioner must obtain a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal a federal district court’s final order in a habeas proceeding. § 2253(c)(1). The COA may issue only if the petitioner has made a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,” § 2253(c)(2), and “shall indicate which specific issue” satisfies that showing, § 2253(c)(3). We hold that § 2253(c)(3) is not a…
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