Is there a federal right to discovery in a habeas proceeding?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Flores v. United States, CASE NO. 1:08-CR-124 AWI, CASE NO. 1:13-CV-688 AWI (E.D. Cal. 2016):
"[T]here simply is no federal right, constitutional or otherwise, to discovery in habeas proceedings as a general matter." Campbell v. Blodgett, 982 F.2d 1356, 1358 (9th Cir. 1993); see
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