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authority type
case
jurisdiction
federal_dc_circuit
publication status
published_precedential_opinion
precedential status
binding_in_cadc
decision or issuance date
2002-01-25
subsequent history
Bounded public-source treatment review completed through 2026-08-25; no explicit adverse treatment located.
negative treatment status
No explicit adverse treatment located in a bounded public-source review through 2026-08-25; comprehensive commercial citator not run.
material limitations
Official court archive location and published full-text mirror reviewed. This custody-source exception prevents extending Sugarman's federal-prisoner rule to D.C. Superior Court judgments.
D.C. Superior Court process is treated as state-court process for § 2253(c)(1)(A), so a COA is required for the resulting § 2241 appeal.
Material limitation
Binding only in the D.C. Circuit and only for the bounded procedural postures in the linked claims. Official court archive location and published full-text mirror reviewed. This custody-source exception prevents extending Sugarman's federal-prisoner rule to D.C. Superior Court judgments. A comprehensive commercial citator was not run.