Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d) Supreme Court 312 U.S. 329, 334 394 U.S. 459, 466 426 U.S. 637, 642-647 459 U.S. 422, 436 535 U.S. 685, 694 540 U.S. 443, 456-457 545 U.S. 175, 183 546 U.S. 12, 13-14 Circuit Courts 707 F.2d 298, 303 950 F.2d 656, 659 147 F.3d 1193, 1198 161 F.3d 1249, 1255-1256 173 F.3d 1136, 1143 219 F.3d 1222, 1229-1245 227 F.3d 1, 5 262 F.3d 1036, 1045 277 F.3d 1203, 1212-1213 360 F.3d 1191, 1197 368 F.3d 1220, 1234-1243 416 F.3d 1124, 1138 468 F.3d 665, 669-670 506 F.3d 1249, 1279 518 F.3d 740, 742 527 F.3d 1010, 1016-1018 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(h)