Johnson v Guerrero: #5thCir denies #rehearingenbanc 9/7 after panel allows successive #AEDPA habeas application, reaffirms #Cathey holding that claim must have some possibility of merit to be considered available #dissent #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/4pAzCve

Holberg v Guerrero: #5thCir grants #rehearingenbanc after panel vacated conviction of 27-year #deathrow inmate based on finding TX suppressed impeachment evidence that critical trial witness was paid informant #Brady #AEDPA #appellatesky #lawsky baffc.net/46GWJie

Rivers v Guerrero: #SCOTUS unanimously affirms #5thCir: once district court enters judgment on 1st-filed #habeas petition, 2nd-in-time filing is “second or successive application” subject to 2244(b) #AEDPA #criminallaw #appellatetwitter #lawtwitter baffc.net/3FL6ot7

Speer v. Weller (24-797 @9thCir): Whether state courts fully adjudicated ineffective counsel claim under #AEDPA when citing Strickland precedent. Challenges federal habeas #HabeasCorpus review standards. https://tinyurl.com/28eaea8s