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DAVILA v. DAVIS

No. 16-6219.

137 S.Ct. 2058 (2017)

582 U.S. 521

Erick Daniel DAVILA, Petitioner v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 26, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seth Kretzer, Houston TX, appointed by this Court, for petitioner.

Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General, for the respondent.

Jonathan Landers, Seth Kretzer, Houston TX, appointed CJA Counsel of Record for petitioner.

William R. Peterson, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Seth Kretzer, Law Office of Seth Kretzer, Jonathan Landers, Houston, TX, for petitioner.

Ken Paxton, Attorney General of Texas, Jeffrey C. Mateer, First Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Keller, Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker, Deputy Solicitor General, Heather Gebelin Hacker, Jason R. LaFond, Assistant Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for respondent.

Federal habeas courts reviewing convictions from state courts will not consider claims that a state court refused to hear based on an adequate and independent state procedural ground. A state prisoner may be able to overcome this bar, however, if he can establish "cause" to excuse the procedural...

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