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AEDPA Applies to Disciplinary Habeas Petitions

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Disciplinary Appeals, Sentencing, Habeas Corpus. Location: Indiana.

A prisoner who has received a lawful disciplinary hearing is not entitled to another hearing on an
administrative appeal challenging the conviction and sanction. Under AEDPA, state prisoners'
habeas corpus petitions must challenge decisions that are contrary to Supreme Court precedent or
involved unreasonable interpretations of Supreme Court precedent. There ...

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