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2 results for “Joel Anderson, Acting Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al.”

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25-5317 Stephen Corey Bryant v. Joel Anderson, Acting Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-11 Denied certificate-of-appealability habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance martinez-rule post-conviction-counsel procedural-default When a district court dismisses a federal habeas petition, a circuit court must issue a certificate of appealability for any claim in the petition who…
24A1150 Stephen Corey Bryant v. Joel Anderson, Acting Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-05-27 Presumed Complete capital-punishment constitutional-rights death-penalty fourth-circuit habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance Whether the Fourth Circuit's denial of a death-sentenced prisoner's appeal violates his constitutional rights to effective assistance of counsel or du…