Is there an escape hatch when the prisoner makes a claim of actual innocence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Strom v. Matevousian, No. 1:16-cv-01842-SKO HC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
under the escape hatch when the prisoner (1) makes a claim of actual innocence, and (2) has not had an unobstructed procedural shot at presenting that claim." Marrero v. Ives, 682 F.3d 1190, 1192 (9th Cir. 2012) (internal quotations omitted).
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