Dees v. Murphy’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)
Relies on Preiser v. Rodriguez · Fulford v. Klein · Fulford v. Klein · Richardson v. Fleming
Most-quoted passages
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“Here, Dees clearly is challenging the validity of his conviction: not only does he request that his conviction be declared constitutionally invalid, but proof of his claim would factually undermine his conviction. Congress provided 28 U.S.C. § 2255 as the appropriate remedy for collateral attack of a federal conviction. Therefore, we hold that a federal prisoner may not bring a civil rights action directed at the validity of the prisoner’s conviction without first exhausting federal habeas corpus remedies.”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
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