Joe Michael Luna v. Bobby Lumpkin, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
HabeasCorpus Punishment JusticiabilityDoctri
Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, is a habeas court's review limited to the state court's reasons or can it consider other reasons?
QUESTION PRESENTED Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) and Wilson v. Sellers, 138 S. Ct. 1188 (2018), is a habeas court’s review of a state court decision limited to an analysis of the reasons actually given by the state court to support its ruling, as the Second, Third, Fourth, Sixth, Seventh, and Ninth Circuits have held, or can the habeas court consider other reasons not discussed by the state court in determining whether the state court’s ruling was contrary to, or an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits have held and as the Court of Appeals did in this case? i STATEMENT OF