Amicus Brief of Legal Scholars Lee Kovarsky et al. in Support of Petitioner
Abstract
Amici curiae are law professors and legal scholars who study federal post-conviction law and civil procedure. Amici curiae have no personal interest in the outcome of this case. They all share an interest in seeing habeas law applied in a way that ensures the just and timely adjudication of claims while preserving the traditional and intended operation of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The amici are: • Lee Kovarsky is the Bryant Smith Chair in Law and the Co-Director of the Capital Punishment Center at University of Texas School of Law. • Valena E. Beety is the Robert H. McKinney Professor of Law at Indiana University Mauer School of Law. • David R. Dow is the Cullen Professor of Law at University of Houston Law Center. • Eric M. Freedman is the Siggi B. Wilzig Distinguished Professor of Constitutional Rights at Maurice A. Deane School of Law at Hofstra University. • Randy Hertz is the Fiorello LaGuardia Professor of Clinical Law and Vice Dean of New York University School of Law. • Sheri Lynn Johnson is the James and Mark Flanagan Professor of Law and Assistant Director of Death Penalty Project at Cornell Law School. • Justin Marceau is Professor of Law at University of Denver Sturm College of Law. • Ira P. Robbins is the Barnard T. Welsh Scholar and Professor of Law and Co-Director of the Criminal Justice Practice & Policy Institute at American University Washington College of Law. • Larry W. Yackle is Professor of Law Emeritus and Basil Yanakakis Faculty Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law.