United States v. Fields’s Empirical Analysis
761 F.3d 443 · 2014
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 3600 (Innocence Protection Act of 2004) · 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Strickland v. Washington · Slack v. McDaniel · Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. · Williams v. Taylor
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 15 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[O]ur caselaw does not recognize freestanding actual innocence claims.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Floyd v. Vannoy · Floyd v. Vannoy“reopen the [§] 2255 proceedings so that he [can] interview jurors 'to determine what role, if any, racial bias played in his convictions and sentences.' " The government notes, correctly, that "[a] habeas petitioner, unlike the usual civil litigant in federal court, is not entitled to discovery as a matter of ordinary course.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] petitioner demonstrates 'good cause' [for discovery] under Rule 6(a) [of the Rules Governing § 2255 Proceedings] 'where specific allegations before the court show reason to believe that a petitioner may, if the facts are fully developed, be able to demonstrate that he is ... entitled to relief'”
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.