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Noting the Sixth Circuit poor habeas record when SCOTUS notices

By Douglas A. Berman

Thanks to How Appealing, I saw that the The Daily Journal of California has this notable new piece headlined "6th Circuit Takes Lead As Most Reversed Appeals Court."  Here is how it begins: The San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, often categorized as too liberal and out of sync with the more conservative U.S. Supreme Court, faces some unusual competition this term for its crown as the most reversed circuit. Earlier this week, the justices reversed the Cincinnati, Ohio-based 6th Circuit for the seventh time in seven cases (including one summary reversal), meaning a 100 percent reversal rate for the term. Of those, five, including the summary reversal, were habeas corpus cases in which the appellate court had granted relief to the defendant only to be second-guessed by the justices...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on June 05, 2010 (boomark / email).