Legal Opinion
Habeas Corpus Resource Center v. United States Department of Justice
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 23, 2016No. 14-16928PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEA, Circuit Judge:
Title 28, chapter 154 of the United States Code (“Chapter 154”) permits the “fast-tracking” of federal habeas cases for capital prisoners from states that offer competent counsel to indigent capital prisoners during state postconviction proceedings. See 28 U.S.C; §§ 2261-2266. “Fast-tracking” principally affects habeas corpus petitioners because it contracts from one year to six months the period in which petitioners may file a timely federal habe-as petition. See id. § 2263(a). Before a state can avail itself of Chapter 154’s “fast-tracking” provisions, it must…
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