Federal · Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure

28 U.S.C. § 2264: Scope of Federal review; district court adjudications

Civil

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This statute establishes the scope and procedure for federal court review of state court convictions in habeas corpus cases, addressing when federal courts may consider constitutional violations and newly recognized rights.

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the result of State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States; the result of the Supreme Court’s recognition of a new Federal right that is made retroactively applicable; or based on a factual predicate that could not have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence in time to present the claim for State or Federal post-conviction review. Following review subject to subsections (a), (d), and (e) of section 2254, the court shall rule on the claims properly before it.

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