Banister v. Davis

Banister v. Davis
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 2020
Full case name	Banister v. Davis
Docket no.	18-6943
Citations	590 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
A Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion to alter or amend a habeas court’s judgment is not a second or successive habeas petition under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh
Case opinions
Majority	Kagan
Dissent	Alito, joined by Thomas
Laws applied
Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e), Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

Banister v. Davis, 590 U.S. ___ (2020), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e) motion to alter or amend a habeas court’s judgment is not a second or successive habeas petition under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act.

External links

• Text of Banister v. Davis, No. 18-6943, 590 U.S. ___ (2020) is available from: Justia

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