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WALKER v. MARTIN

No. 09-996.

131 S.Ct. 1120 (2011)

562 U.S. 307

James WALKER, Warden, et al., Petitioners, v. Charles W. MARTIN.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Todd Marshall , Sacramento, CA, for Petitioners.

Michael R. Bigelow , Sacramento, CA, appointed by this Court, for Respondent.

Edmund G. Brown Jr. , Attorney General of California, Dane R. Gillette , Chief Assistant Attorney General, Donald E. DeNicola , Deputy State Solicitor General, Michael P. Farrell , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Eric L. Christoffersen , Deputy Attorney General, R. Todd Marshall , Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Petitioners.

Michael B. Bigelow , Michelle Lee Goldberg , Sacramento, CA, Gary T. Ragghianti , Ragghianti and Freitas LLP, San Rafael, CA, for Respondent.

Justice GINSBURG delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case concerns California's time limitation on applications for postconviction (habeas corpus) relief. The question presented: Does California's timeliness requirement qualify as an independent state ground adequate to bar habeas corpus relief in federal court?

California does not employ fixed statutory deadlines to determine the timeliness of a state prisoner's petition for habeas corpus. Instead, California...

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