| Schriro v. Landrigan | |
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| Argued January 9, 2007 Decided May 14, 2007 | |
| Full case name | Dora B. Schriro, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, Petitioner v. Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan, aka Billy Patrick Wayne Hill |
| Docket no. | 05-1575 |
| Citations | 550 U.S. 465 (more) |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | 441 F. 3d 638 (CA9 2006) |
| Subsequent | 501 F. 3d 1147 (CA9 2007) |
| Holding | |
| The District Court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to grant Landrigan an evidentiary hearing. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinions | |
| Majority | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Kennedy, Alito |
| Dissent | Stevens, joined by Souter, Ginsburg, Breyer |
| Laws applied | |
| Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 | |
Schriro v. Landrigan, 550 U.S. 465 (2007), was a United States Supreme Court case decided on May 14, 2007. In a 5–4 decision written by Justice Clarence Thomas, the Court held that the District Court had not abused its discretion when it refused to grant an evidentiary hearing to convicted murderer Jeffrey Timothy Landrigan. In doing so, the Supreme Court also reversed the prior ruling to the contrary by the en banc United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.