Mahaffey v. Schomig’s Empirical Analysis

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11 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 30 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “Before a federal court will consider a habeas petition, a petitioner must satisfy several procedural requirements. First, a petitioner must exhaust state remedies — that is, give the state’s highest court an opportunity to address each claim. See O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 838, 839 , 119 S.Ct. 1728 , 144 L.Ed.2d 1 (1999); Wilson v. Briley, 243 F.3d 325, 327 (7th Cir.2001). To satisfy this requirement, a petitioner must present to the state judiciary both the operative facts and legal principles that control each claim. See Wilson, 243 F.3d at 327 . Second, the petitioner must comply with state rules to avoid procedurally defaulting his claims. See Boerckel v. O’Sullivan, 135 F.3d 1194, 1196-97 (7th Cir.1998), rev’d. on other grounds by O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 838, 849 , 119 S.Ct. 1728 , 144 L.Ed.2d 1 (1999).”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 291 F. Supp. 2d 823 - Mitchell v. McCaughtry · 259 F. Supp. 2d 741 - Conner v. Anderson