Deneice a. Mayle, Warden v. Jacoby Lee Felix

Decided June 23, 2005. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 04-563 · 545 U.S. 644 (2005) · Cited 1,942 times

Holding

An amended habeas petition does not relate back (and thereby avoid AEDPA’s one-year time limit) when it asserts a new ground for relief supported by facts that differ in both time and type from those set forth in the original pleading.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 7–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Tiller v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad · 323 U.S. 574 (1945)
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41 (1957)
• Brady v. Maryland · 373 U.S. 83 (1963)
• Chavez v. Martinez · 538 U.S. 760 (2003)
• Strickland v. Washington · 466 U.S. 668 (1984)
• Foman v. Davis · 371 U.S. 178 (1962)
• Heck v. Humphrey · 512 U.S. 477 (1994)
• Schlup v. Delo · 513 U.S. 298 (1995)
• Neder v. United States · 527 U.S. 1 (1999)
• Donnelly v. DeChristoforo · 416 U.S. 637 (1974)
• Rhines v. Weber · 544 U.S. 269 (2005)
• Pennsylvania v. Finley · 481 U.S. 551 (1987)
• Griffin v. Illinois · 351 U.S. 12 (1956)
• Wilkinson v. Dotson · 544 U.S. 74 (2005)
• Duncan v. Walker · 533 U.S. 167 (2001)
• Kremer v. Chemical Construction Corp. · 456 U.S. 461 (1982)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 420 (2000)
• Felker v. Turpin · 518 U.S. 651 (1996)
• Haynes v. Washington · 373 U.S. 503 (1963)
• Banks v. Dretke · 540 U.S. 668 (2004)
• Penry v. Johnson · 532 U.S. 782 (2001)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Day v. McDonough · 547 U.S. 198 (2006)
• Jimenez v. Quarterman · 555 U.S. 113 (2009)
• Martel v. Clair · 565 U.S. 648 (2012)

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