habeas corpus – Courtroom Strategy by Attorney Oscar Michelen

Sorry But NY Chimp Case Is Waste of Time

April 21, 2015 Oscar Michelen 11

NY Supreme Court Judge Barbara Jaffe granted a motion for a writ of habeas corpus to two chimps being held for research by Stony Brook University. The writ was brought by The Nonhuman Rights Project (NHRP) which originally filed a lawsuit on behalf of the chimpanzees in 2013 with a view to having them transferred […]

Second Circuit Finally Allows Actual Innocence to Extend Habeas Corpus Statute of Limitation

July 15, 2012 Oscar Michelen 3

For years, since Congress passed the draconian and rigid Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) in the wake of the first WTC bombing and the Oklahoma City attack, Federal appeals courts have not seen fit to extend the Act’s harsh one year statute of limitations on habeas corpus appeals, even in cases of actual […]