Supreme Court Rejects Medical Transport of Prisoner in Habeas Case [View all]

[Polybius]

Source: Bloomberg News

The US Supreme Court ruled against an Ohio death row inmate who asked a federal court to order his transportation to a hospital for a neurological exam.

In a 5-4 decision Tuesday, the court’s majority said two lower courts were wrong to grant Raymond Twyford’s request. The court held a transportation order that allows a prisoner to search for new evidence is not “necessary or appropriate in aid of” a federal court’s adjudication of a habeas corpus action when the prisoner has not shown that the desired evidence would be admissible in connection with a particular claim for relief.

Read more: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/supreme-court-rejects-medical-transport-of-prisoner-in-habeas-case

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