McCarthy v. Hernandez

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608 U. S. ____

(2026) 1 Per Curiam SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES KEVIN MCCARTHY, SUPERINTENDENT, ELMIRA CORRECTIONAL FACILITY v. PEDRO HERNANDEZ ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT No. 25–748. Decided June 22, 2026 PER CURIAM. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) imposes strict limits on federal courts’ power to grant habeas relief to a prisoner convicted in state court. District courts and courts of appeals have sometimes chafed under these restraints, and when they have strayed too far from…