Lucien v. Spencer

Docket Number15-2153
Decision Date15 September 2017

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26 cases
  • Martinez-Armestica v. United States, CIVIL NO. 18-1384 (PG)
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Puerto Rico
    • June 23, 2020
    ...No. 87 at pages 23-28. A petitioner has an especially heavy burden when challenging counsel's tactical decisions. See Lucien v. Spencer, 871 F.3d 117, 129 (1st Cir. 2017). As pointed out by the government in its opposition, "[c]hoices made by counsel that could be considered part of trial s......
  • Porter v. Coyne-Fague
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — First Circuit
    • May 31, 2022
    ...841. The Supreme Court has carefully left that question open. See id. We have emulated the Court's example. See Lucien v. Spencer, 871 F.3d 117, 127 n.4 (1st Cir. 2017). Nevertheless, "this circuit has routinely held petitioners to the § 2254(e)(1) ‘clear and convincing’ standard" — althoug......
  • Hayes v. Sec'y, Fla. Dep't of Corr.
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — Eleventh Circuit
    • August 25, 2021
    ...subsections (d)(2) and (e)(1). See Fields v. Thaler , 588 F.3d 270, 279–80 (5th Cir. 2009) (collecting cases); Lucien v. Spencer , 871 F.3d 117, 127 n.4 (1st Cir. 2017) ; Bryan R. Means, Federal Habeas Manual § 3:82 (2021) (describing the variety of approaches taken by circuit courts). Most......
  • Dorisca v. Marchilli
    • United States
    • U.S. Court of Appeals — First Circuit
    • October 23, 2019
    ...however, we are required to afford significant deference to the state court's decision under most circumstances." Lucien v. Spencer, 871 F.3d 117, 122 (1st Cir. 2017) (citing Scoggins v. Hall, 765 F.3d 53, 57 (1st Cir. 2014) ). Before turning to Dorisca's arguments, we provide the big-pictu......
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