Amado v. Gonzalez’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 federal appellate · 2 district · 13 state decisions

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 45 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[i]f a federal claim [is] presented to the state court and the state court denie[s] all relief without specifically addressing the federal claim, 'it may be presumed that the state court adjudicated the claim on the merits in the absence of any indication or state-law procedural principles to the contrary.' " Amado v. Gonzalez , 758 F.3d 1119 , 1131 (9th Cir. 2014) (quoting Richter , 562 U.S. at 99 , 131 S.Ct. 770 ). Section 2254(d) applies "even where there has been a summary denial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Dixon v. Ryan

2. “Federal habeas relief may not be granted for claims subject to [28 U.S.C.] § 2254(d) unless it is shown that the earlier state court’s decision was contrary to federal law then clearly established in the holdings of [the Supreme] Court, § 2254(d)(1); or that it involved an unreasonable application of such law,' § 2254(d)(1); or that it was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of the record before the state court, § 2254(d)(2).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hedlund v. Ryan

3. “if a prosecutor asserts that he complies with Brady through an open file policy, defense counsel may reasonably rely on that file to contain all materials the State is constitutionally obligated to disclose under Brady .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Ilk