Federal Habeas Corpus Practice and Procedure

2 volumes (xxviii, 2982, [29] pages) : forms ; 27 cm

Part I. Introduction. Format ; a General Description of Habeas Corpus ; Overview of the Federal Habeas Corpus Process Under Adepa ; the Client --
Part II. Timing of a Federal Habeas Corpus Petition : State Remedies. Order of Remedies and Timing ; State Postconviction Remedies ; State Remedies : Professional and Constitutional Issues --
Part III. Habeas Corpus Jurisdiction. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction : Custody ; Subject-Matter Jurisdiction : Cognizable Claims ; Rules Governing Selection of Respondent and Forum ; the Petition --
Part IV. Ancillary and Summary Proceedings Upon Filing. Indigents and Appointment of Counsel ; Stays of Execution ; Modification of Custody Status ; Summary Proceedings ; the State's Response ; Reply, Amendment, and Petitioner-Initiated Summary Proceedings --
Part V. Magistrate Judge Practice and Fact-Development Procedures. Magistrate Judge Practice ; Prehearing Fact-Development Procedures ; Right to a Hearing : Effect of State Court Factfindings ; Conduct of the Hearing --
Part VI. Procedural Defenses. Introduction to Procedural Defenses ; Exhaustion of State Remedies ; Prejudicial Delay ; Nonretroactivity ; Adequate and Independent State Grounds ; "Full and Fair Opportunity to Litigate" 4th Amendment Exclusionary Rule Claims ; Successive Petitions --
Part VII. Adjudication of the Merits. Briefing ; the Merits Determination ; Harmless Error ; the Determination Whether to Grant Relief : Section 2254(d) ; Relief --
Part VIII. Postjudgment Proceedings : Appeals. Postjudgment Proceedings ; Initiating the Appeal ; Ancillary Appellate Proceedings ; the Appeal ; Postjudgment, Pre-Certiorari Proceedings ; Certiorari ; Original Habeas Corpus Proceedings --
Part IX. Federal Prisoners and Detainees. Section 2255 Motions by Federal Prisoners ; Immigration Cases.