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JOHNSON v. KERESTES

CIVIL ACTION NO. 13-03197.

683 F.Supp.3d 452 (2023)

Kevin F. JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. John W. KERESTES, et al., Respondents.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

Filed July 24, 2023.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arianna Julia Freeman, Claudia Flores, Federal Community Defenders Office, Philadelphia, PA, David Rudovsky, Kairys Rudovsky Messing Feinberg & Lin, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Nilam A. Sanghvi, Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner.

Banafsheh Amirzadeh, Michael Garmisa, Patricia Cummings, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, Samuel H. Ritterman, Ahmad Zaffarese LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondents John W. Kerestes, District Attorney of Philadelphia.

Banafsheh Amirzadeh, Michael Garmisa, Patricia Cummings, Ronald Eisenberg, Thomas W. Dolgenos, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, PA, Samuel H. Ritterman, Ahmad Zaffarese LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Respondent The Attorney General of the State of Pennsylvania.

MEMORANDUM

CONTENTS

Prologue 459

I. Introduction 459

II. Background 462

III. Legal Standard 462

IV. Discussion 464

A. Procedural Default and Waiver 464

B. Brady Claims 465

1. Legal Standard Under Brady 466

2. Effect of Procedural Default 467

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