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Disciplinary Boards are not "State Courts" Under AEDPA

Disciplinary Boards are not "State Courts"
Under AEDPA


The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals held that prison disciplinary boards are not "state courts" for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(e)(1). As such, "the state may not benefit from § 2254 (e) (1)'s presumption of correctness in appeals from prison disciplinary ...

 

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