Slack v. McDaniel

Feb 22, 1999

No. 98-6322

Versions:525 U.S. 1138

C. A. 9th Cir. Motion of petitioner for leave to proceed informa pauperis granted. Certiorari granted limited to the following question: “If a person’s petition for habeas corpus under 28 U.S. C. §2254 is dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies, and he subsequently exhausts his state remedies and refiles the §2254 petition, are claims included within that petition that were not included within his initial §2254 filing ‘second or successive’ ha-beas applications?”