Legal Opinion
Jefferson v. Sellers
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided April 10, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:96-CV-0989-CCPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
CLARENCE COOPER, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
This matter is before the Court on remand from the Supreme Court of the United States and the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals for development of the record related to the state habeas corpus court’s process of addressing and resolving *1344Petitioner Lawrence Joseph Jefferson’s state habeas petition and specifically for a determination regarding whether the state habeas corpus court’s factual findings warrant a presumption of correctness pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). Following limited discovery, Petitioner and Respondent…
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