Legal Opinion
Call v. Polk
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided September 22, 2006No. CIV 5:04MCV167PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION
THORNBURG, District Judge.
THIS MATTER is before the Court on the Petitioner’s motion pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and various other motions, to which responses have been filed.
I. STANDARD OF REVIEW
Title 28 U.S.C. § 2254 provides in pertinent part:(a) [A] district court shall entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus [o]n behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of’the United States.(d) An application for a writ of habeas corpus on behalf…
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- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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