Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1257(a) 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1)(A) 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2) 28 U.S.C. § 2253 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1) 28 U.S.C. § 2255 Supreme Court 316 U.S. 98, 100-101 317 U.S. 587 395 U.S. 708 421 U.S. 193, 195-197 521 U.S. 320, 336 522 U.S. 954 526 U.S. 838, 845 537 U.S. 522, 524-531 542 U.S. 225, 234 544 U.S. 408, 418 Circuit Courts 159 F.3d 345, 348 172 F.3d 1068 173 F.3d 1131, 1133-1135 180 F.3d 984, 985 231 F.3d 460, 463 255 F.3d 492, 495 263 F.3d 774, 779-780 267 F.3d 803, 805-807 276 F.3d 401, 404 277 F.3d 701, 704 294 F.3d 626, 629-630 299 F.3d 974, 977 299 F.3d 981, 982 312 F.3d 948, 951-952 319 F.3d 690, 694 321 F.3d 769, 771-772 322 F.3d 1012, 1016 338 F.3d 851, 855 366 F.3d 32, 41 390 F.3d 595, 598 393 F.3d 1235, 1236 398 F.3d 225, 230-231 410 F.3d 473, 476 425 F.3d 1029, 1032 436 F.3d 851, 858-859 436 F.3d 1026, 1029-1033 441 F.3d 570, 571-572 452 F.3d 734, 736-737 453 F.3d 1094, 1098 465 F.3d 1295, 1299-1300 476 F.3d 1241, 1245-1246 495 F.3d 1069, 1074 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a)