Ruiz v. Davis’s Empirical Analysis
850 F.3d 225 · 2017
Citation profile
1 federal appellate ·
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) · 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Miller-El v. Cockrell Director Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division · Nelson v. Campbell Commissioner Alabama Department of Corrections et al. · Don Vicente Macias, Inc. v. Texas Gulf Trawling Co. · Buck v. Davis · Davis v. Ayala
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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“In response to systemic abuses by prisoners bringing dilatory claims, the federal courts-and this circuit in particular-have been forced to develop extensive jurisprudence resisting those requests for long-available claims presented, for the first time, on the eve of execution.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Given the State's significant interest in enforcing its criminal judgments ... there is a strong equitable presumption against the grant of a stay where a claim could have been brought at such a time as to allow consideration of the merits without requiring entry of a stay.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence“[a]lthough [the prisoner's] direct appeal has been final for seven years, he did not file the instant complaint until six days before his scheduled execution”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
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.