William Dixon v. William Lee, Superintendent, Eastern New York Correctional Facility
HabeasCorpus JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court and Upon Completion Arbitrarily Exclude those Claims to Render Decision?
QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether a Federal Court Can Stay and hold in Abeyance a 28 USC § 2254 Petition for Habeas Corpus to Permit Petitioner to Exhaust Claims in State Court and Upon Completion Arbitrarily Exclude those Claims to Render Decision? Whether the Court in Determining What Constitutes the Substantial showing Apply Reasonable, Fair and Obtainable Standards to Indigent and Pro Se Applicants? Whether Open-File Discovery Restrains Defense Motion Practice and Mandate the Court to Resolve All Incidents and Matters of Relief? Whether an Undisclosed Conflict of Interest in Representation is Automatically Removed Upon Recusal Without the Prospects of Any Prejudicial Effects?