Hill v. Werlinger’s Empirical Analysis
695 F.3d 644 · 2012
Citation profile
12 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 16 · 18 U.S.C. § 3582 · 18 U.S.C. § 922 (Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act) · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Bailey v. United States · Johnson v. United States · Jimmy Walker v. J.T. O'brien, and Joseph W. Finfrock v. Craig A. Hanks · Wood v. Milyard · In re Davenport
Most-quoted passages
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 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“the fact that a position is novel does not allow a prisoner to bypass section 2255.... Only if the position is foreclosed (as distinct from not being supported by — from being, in other words, novel) by precedent is a § 2255 remedy inadequate.” Hill, 695 F.3d at 648 (quoting Morales v. Bezy, 499 F.3d 668 , 672 (7th Cir. 2007)) (internal quotation marks omitted). To satisfy this standard, the prisoner must show that”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Montana v. Cross“A federal prisoner may use a § 2241 petition for a writ of habeas corpus to attack his conviction or sentence only if § 2255 is 'inadequate or ineffective.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Jahns v. Julian“has presented nothing to show that this is an 'exceptional case' in which we should base our decision on a forfeited ground.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.