RESEARCH RESOURCE: Not reviewed or approved as a filing-ready motion.
Jurisdiction: United States Supreme Court; federal habeas or civil rights
Document type: Supreme Court opinion
Potential use: COA drafting research; distinguish threshold debatability from full merits adjudication; analyze racial expert testimony, prejudice and exceptional relief in the actual procedural posture.
Limitations: Primary authority retained for an issue-specific research product. Read majority separately from dissent, check later applications and current law. An opinion is not a completed motion or a guarantee of relief.
Original source: https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/16pdf/15-8049_f2ah.pdf