Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 1291 28 U.S.C. § 2253 28 U.S.C. § 2254 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) Supreme Court 134 U.S. 160, 173 149 U.S. 70, 77 151 U.S. 242, 259-260 358 U.S. 133, 145 411 U.S. 475, 484 434 U.S. 257, 270-271 472 U.S. 372 481 U.S. 770, 775 502 U.S. 367, 384-388 506 U.S. 390, 403 507 U.S. 380, 392-395 513 U.S. 298, 319 517 U.S. 314, 323 544 U.S. 74, 87-89 545 U.S. 524, 528-534 545 U.S. 644, 654-655 Circuit Courts 471 F.2d 473, 474 757 F.2d 789, 791 768 F.2d 1001, 1030 811 F.2d 1398, 1400-1403 972 F.2d 318, 319 973 F.2d 1479, 1488 16 F.3d 257 52 F.3d 252, 254 53 F.3d 859, 862-865 165 F.3d 1249, 1252 220 F.3d 987, 1007 231 F.3d 1220, 1224-1225 244 F.3d 691, 695-701 248 F.3d 892, 898-899 301 F.3d 581 389 F.3d 853, 858-862 394 F.3d 1152, 1157 452 F.3d 1097, 1103 453 F.3d 362, 368-369 500 F.3d 202, 208-209 520 F.3d 1055 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Fed. R. Civ. P. 60 Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) Fed. R. Civ. P. 81(a)(4)