Legal Opinion
Lewis Williams, Jr. v. Ralph Coyle, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1999No. 98-3793PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, J., joined by Suhrheinrich, J.,
KENNEDY, J. (pp. 1040-41), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.
ORDER
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner-AppeEant Lewis Williams, Jr. filed a motion asking this court to convert the certificate of appealability granted by the district court that denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus into a certificate of probable cause. Williams contends that the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (the “Act” or the “AEDPA”) is *1037inapplicable to Ms petition because he filed a notice of intent to file the petition and a motion for the appointment of counsel before the Act’s effective…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Barefoot v. EstelleSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- McFarland v. ScottSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Moskal v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Hohn v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Woodford v. GarceauSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Lewis Williams, Jr. v. Ralph Coyle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- Moore v. GibsonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1999
- Richard Cooey v. Ralph Coyle, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2002
- Mika'eel Abdullah Abdus-Samad, Formerly Known as Michael J. Boyd v. Ricky Bell, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2005
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