No. 24-6868

In Re James Eric Mansfield

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2025-03-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: antiterrorism-act evidentiary-law federal-court habeas-corpus state-sovereignty tenth-amendment
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus Patent JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2025-04-17
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility of defense evidence to deny habeas relief, and where the State has expressly rejected the federal provision in question

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

1. Whether a federal court violates the Tenth Amendment by commandeering state evidentiary law and adding a heightened provision for the admissibility of defense evidence to deny habeas relief, and where the State has expressly rejected the federal provision in question. 2. Whether and to what extent the restrictions of Title I of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 apply to habeas petitions filed as original matters pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241.

Docket Entries

2025-04-21
Petition DENIED.
2025-04-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/17/2025.
2025-03-11

Attorneys

James Eric Mansfield
James Eric Mansfield — Petitioner
James Eric Mansfield — Petitioner