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Posts (https://zenlawguy.com/blog/):

• Is SCOTUS losing the respect of the public? (9/30/2022)
• What’s it like inside a prison bus? (9/28/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: How to Raise a Brady Claim (9/16/2022)
• Squandering the Opportunity (9/13/2022)
• Doing Time as a Sex Offender: Residency Restrictions for Sex Offenders (9/12/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: How to Raise an Actual Innocence Claim (9/9/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: How to File a Second or Successive Habeas Petition for State Prisoners (9/2/2022)
• Court Declares Pennsylvania’s Sex Offender Registry Unconstitutional (8/27/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: How to Raise a Fourth Amendment Claim (8/26/2022)
• I’ve Joined Zoukis Consulting Group (8/17/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Obtaining Relief from Trial Errors (8/5/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Evidentiary Hearing for State Prisoners (7/29/2022)
• Federal Appeals Court Says Fetus Isn`t a `Person` for Federal Sentencing Enhancement Purposes (7/20/2022)
• BOP Updates its Abortion Policy to Exclude Requirement that Staff Follow State Laws (7/15/2022)
• BOP Opens Direct Communications Link to Central Office for Transgender Prisoners (7/14/2022)
• BOP Medical Center Prison Explodes with COVID Three Days After Lifting Mask Mandate (7/14/2022)
• BOP Finally Gets New Director (7/12/2022)
• Insider`s Guide: What Do Prisoners Eat? (7/5/2022)
• Insider`s Guide: 5 Things You Need to Know About Prison Bathrooms and Showers (7/2/2022)
• SCOTUS Refuses to Extend Bivens Remedy, Puts Onus on Congress to Provide Remedy for Border Patrol Agent`s Unconstitutional Conduct (7/1/2022)
• Finally, a Pubic Defender on the Supreme Court! (6/30/2022)
• SCOTUS Holds Attempted Hobbs Act Robbery Not a Categorical Match for 924(c) (6/29/2022)
• SCOTUS Holds AEDPA`s Restrictions on Habeas Relief Trump Federal Courts` Authority Under All Writs Act (6/28/2022)
• Supreme Court Unties Hands of Federal Sentencing Judges (6/27/2022)
• The Biggest Mistake Sex Offenders Make in Prison (6/27/2022)
• Federal Prisoners are Entitled to an Abortion. Will the Supreme Court Overturning Roe v Wade Change This? (6/25/2022)
• The Supreme Court`s Taylor Decision Eliminates Attempted Crimes of Violence Under 924(c) (6/22/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Seventh Circuit Says AEDPA Time Limit Opens Door for Savings Clause Relief (6/16/2022)
• SCOTUS Says All Judicial Errors Fall Under Rule 60(b)(1) and One-Year Time Limit Applies (6/13/2022)
• Sentencing Data Show Major Increase in Federal Drug, Gun, and Sex Offense Cases in 2021 (6/12/2022)
• Michigan Supreme Court Finds Wrongful Interpretation of Incest Statute Allowed Withdrawal of Guilty Plea (6/10/2022)
• Doing Time as a Sex Offender: The Best Prison Jobs for Sex Offenders in the BOP (6/3/2022)
• Doing Time as a Sex Offender: My Surprise Visit to a Women`s Prison (6/2/2022)
• Fifth Circuit Holds New, Retroactive Supreme Court Decision Not a New Claim to Avoid Procedural-Default Bar (6/2/2022)
• Doing Time as a Sex Offender: No Braid Butter for a Bald Guy? (6/1/2022)
• SCOTUS Says No Procedural-Default Exceptions to Excuse Federal Habeas Evidentiary Hearing Bar in Shinn v Martinez Ramirez (6/1/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: Court Threatens More Time in Child Porn Case if Post-Conviction Motion Successful (5/24/2022)
• By the Numbers: Federal Child Pornography Convictions Across the U.S. (5/21/2022)
• Fear of Sex Offender Recidivism Continues Despite Evidence Saying Otherwise (5/15/2022)
• USSC Report Highlights Problems with Sentencing in Child Porn Cases (5/14/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Obtaining Habeas Relief After a Guilty Plea (5/10/2022)
• What Books Would You Recommend for Someone Seeking Federal Habeas Corpus Relief? (5/3/2022)
• SCOTUS Adds Extra Obstacle to Federal Habeas Relief in Brown v Davenport (4/29/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Jurisdictional Pitfalls When Seeking Habeas Relief (4/28/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Savings Clause Remedy for Federal Prisoners (4/23/2022)
• Separating the Judge from the Opinion: Is it Possible? (4/23/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Second or Successive Motions for Federal Prisoners (4/16/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Procedures for Obtaining a COA (4/14/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Taking an Appeal After the Denial of Habeas Relief (4/14/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding Post-Judgment Motions (4/13/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Understanding the Order and Judgment (4/11/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Evidentiary Hearing for Federal Prisoners (4/10/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Role of the Magistrate Judge (4/8/2022)
• Hobbs Act Robbery is Never a `Crime of Violence` for Federal Sentencing Enhancement Purposes (4/7/2022)
• Federal Drug Conspiracy Involving Both Crack and Other Drugs Still Eligible for First Step Act Relief (4/6/2022)
• What is Florida`s 1,000-Foot Rule for Sex Offenders? (4/5/2022)
• The Problem with Sex-Offender Residency Restrictions (4/4/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Getting Around Procedural Default (4/3/2022)
• Federal Habeas Court Finds Both Trial and Post-Conviction Counsel Ineffective, Vacates Death Sentence (3/31/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Post-Filing Procedures in Seeking Habeas Relief (3/28/2022)
• Federal Habeas Relief for Racist Juror Strikes Requires Fact-Heavy Analysis (3/25/2022)
• Federal Court Finds Evidence Withheld by Prosecutor Opens Door for Successive Habeas Petition (3/16/2022)
• Federal Court Says Four-Year Delay for State Appeal Excused Federal Habeas Exhaustion Requirement (3/13/2022)
• Federal Courts Have Authority to Impose Habeas Remedies, Despite Different Remedies Available to State Courts (3/11/2022)
• Supreme Court Justice Exposes Why Sex Offender Residency Restrictions Don`t Work and Increase Chances of Reoffending (3/8/2022)
• Brother of Little Rock Mayor Required to Register as Sex Offender, After Stealing Car with Kids in it (3/8/2022)
• Wisconsin Court Delays Criminal Appeal to Stop Federal Lawsuit Over Police Misconduct (3/6/2022)
• Federal Court Affirms Habeas Relief in Louisiana Murder Case (3/5/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: Getting More Time After a Successful Guilty Plea Challenge (3/2/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: Waivers and Breaches of Plea Agreements (3/2/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: The Art of Withdrawing a Guilty Plea (3/1/2022)
• A Prisoner`s Mail is Protected Under the Constitution (2/27/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: Establishing Prejudice in the Guilty Plea Context (2/27/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: The Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Standard (2/26/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Your Reply to the Government`s Response (2/25/2022)
• Notable Quote by Kurt Vonnegut (2/24/2022)
• Boris Johnson`s `Time to Move From Government Restrictions to Personal Responsibility` Implicates More than COVID-19 (2/22/2022)
• What Federal Prison Will Ghislaine Maxwell Go to? (2/21/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: The Government`s Response (2/21/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Filing Procedures (2/20/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: The Guilty Plea Hearing (2/20/2022)
• Attacking the Guilty Plea: The Voluntarily and Knowingly Made Standard (2/19/2022)
• First Circuit Says District Court Has Authority to Consider Non-Retroactive Changes to Law in Compassionate Release Motion (2/18/2022)
• Eric Adams` Complaints About Bail Reform Fall On Deaf Ears, and for Good Reason (2/17/2022)
• Rejection of Plea Deal to Defendants in Ahmaud Arbery`s Death Exposes Power Struggle Between Federal Prosecutors and Judges (2/16/2022)
• Insider`s Guide: Getting Relief After Exposing Prosecutorial Misconduct (2/15/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Discovery and Expanding the Record in Federal Habeas Corpus (2/15/2022)
• COVID-19 Taught the BOP How to Use Lockdowns to Solve Its Problems (2/14/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Using Actual Innocence to Avoid a Procedural Bar to Habeas Corpus Relief (2/14/2022)
• How the BOP Would Have Handled Brad Marchand Striking Penguins` Goalie (2/13/2022)
• How Does a BOP Lockdown Work? (2/13/2022)
• How to Use the BOP`s Phone System (2/13/2022)
• FBOP lockdown exposes serious deficiency in the federal government’s actions resulting in imminent danger to vulnerable victims (2/4/2022)
• Scam to Avoid Sex Offender Registry Creates Harsh Laws (1/27/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: Time Limits for Filing (1/25/2022)
• Federal Habeas Corpus: When Does a New Rule Apply Retroactively? (1/24/2022)
• Life as a Sex Offender (1/22/2022)
• Prosecutor`s Exhortation for Jury to Send a Message with Guilty Verdict Rendered Sexual Assault Conviction Unconstitutional (1/17/2022)
• What is Seditious Conspiracy? (1/14/2022)
• Giving Prisoners a Second Chance in Court (12/30/2021)