Legal Opinion
Grant v. Miller
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 3, 2004No. 01-2576PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY ORDER
Petitioner-Appellant Otis Grant appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Nicholas G. Garaufis, District Judge), denying his petition for a writ of *765habeas corpus. We review the district court’s decision de novo. See Brown v. Artuz, 283 F.3d 492, 497 (2d Cir.2002).
The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”) § 104(3), 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) (2000), requires us to defer to a state court’s adjudication of the merits of a claim. Here, the Appellate Division denied on the merits Grant’s claim, which now…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- People v. GonzalezNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Andrew Brown v. Christopher Artuz, SuperintendentCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002
- United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- People v. GrantAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
3Cited by1 opinion
- Grant v. Miller, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional FacilitySupreme Court of the United States · 2004