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SOLOMON v. CURTIS

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, No. 00-1692



ORAL ARGUMENT DATE: Pending

INTRODUCTION

Parts I - II

I. The AEDPA should be construed and applied to simplify and streamline the resolution of habeas corpus cases

II. The state court's selection of the governing rule stands unless it is contrary to a Supreme Court precedent which clearly applies to the issue before the court

Parts III - Conclusion

III. Analysis of questions of law should begin, and generally end, with § 2254(d)(1)

IV. The rule petitioner seeks to apply is not "clearly established"

Conclusion