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SCOTUS does a summary reversal of Seventh Circuit habeas grant

By Douglas A. Berman

The US Supreme Court today issued a summary reversal of a Seventh Circuit decision granting habeas relief to a state prisoner in Wilson v. Corcoran, No. 10?91 (S. Ct. Nov. 8, 2010) (available here).  Here is how the per curiam ruling begins: Federal courts may not issue writs of habeas corpus to state prisoners whose confinement does not violate federal law.  Because the Court of Appeals granted the writ to respondent without finding such a violation, we vacate its judgment and remand.

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on November 08, 2010 (boomark / email).