Harvey v. Horan’s Empirical Analysis

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17 federal appellate · 3 district · 11 state decisions

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1. “In light of this order, we likely do not have the authority to rehear this case even before the panel, much less before the court en banc.”). 11 . One notable exception to the general rule that exhaustion of state remedies is not a prerequisite to a prisoner's § 1983 suit is the Prison Litigation Reform Act of 1995, 110 Stat. 1321 , 1321-71, as amended, 42 U.S.C. § 1997e et seq. The PLRA provides that a prisoner seeking to bring a § 1983 suit “with respect to prison conditions” must first exhaust”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. McKithen v. Brown

2. “A right of access to evidence for tests which, given the particular crime for which the individual was convicted and the evidence that was offered by the government at trial in support of the defendant's guilt, could prove beyond any doubt that the individual in fact did not commit the crime, is constitutionally required, I believe, as a matter of basic fairness.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Grayson v. King

3. “this substantive liberty interest is protected through a procedural due process right to have previously-produced forensic evidence either released to the convicted individual for STR, or related, DNA testing at his or her own expense, or submitted by the government for such testing, with the test results to be provided thereafter to the convicted individual,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. Grayson v. King