Legal Opinion
Keith Daniel WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 1, 1996No. 96-99009PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
OVERVIEW
Keith Daniel Williams is a California state prisoner who has been sentenced to death. His execution is scheduled for May 3, .1996, at 12:01 a.m. Williams has filed a second federal habeas petition in the district court. 1 The district court relied upon the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, 142 Cong. Rec. H3305-01 (1996) (to be codified at 28 U.S.C. § 2261) (Act), and ruled it lacked jurisdiction to hear the second petition without this court granting an order authorizing the filing of the second petition as required by section…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCleskey v. ZantSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Sawyer v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1988
- Keith Daniel Williams v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Terry Allen Langford v. Rick Day, Acting Administrator of Corrections Division Joseph P. Mazurek, Attorney General of the State of MontanaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Aaron Lindh v. James P. Murphy, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
- Richard Gerry Drinkard v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Woods v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2008
- Nevius v. SumnerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
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