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The Supreme Court sits as a whole rather than in panels.

Computed by Benchlight The Supreme Court publishes no panel, because every participating justice takes part. Benchlight therefore lists the justices commissioned and in active service on June 8, 2020, from Federal Judicial Center service records. Recusals are shown only where the source records them, so a justice who did not participate may still appear here.

Case history

  • June 8, 2020
    decided Decision issued in St. Hubert v. United States

Opinions and writings

Lead opinion Author not recorded June 8, 2020

Statement of Justice SOTOMAYOR respecting the denial of certiorari. The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (AEDPA) imposes several restrictions on inmates seeking to file a second or successive habeas petition. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244, 2255. Among other things, the inmate must first seek leav…

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