Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2243 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2) 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Supreme Court 321 U.S. 1, 8 440 U.S. 568, 587 501 U.S. 797, 803-804 531 U.S. 4 536 U.S. 214, 217-226 536 U.S. 584 544 U.S. 408 545 U.S. 644 Circuit Courts 543 F.2d 86, 92-93 785 F.2d 929, 932-933 842 F.2d 260, 263 881 F.2d 1570, 1573 885 F.2d 795, 797 894 F.2d 1268, 1273 924 F.2d 829, 835 65 F.3d 878, 882 216 F.3d 1264, 1267 219 F.3d 1298, 1300 279 F.3d 944, 946-947 292 F.3d 1347, 1349 301 F.3d 839, 841 334 F.3d 1018, 1021 379 F.3d 1266, 1276 385 F.3d 1324, 1331 391 F.3d 1192 393 F.3d 390, 397 425 F.3d 1145, 1148-1149 434 F.3d 185, 192 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(c) Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)