(NOTE: This learning module is broken into two parts: PART I is a general introduction to statutes that walks you through a generic research problem. PART II is an exercise relating to your section's Legal Writing assignment. Do PART II independently. Turn in your answers to PART II to your Legal Writing professor.)PART I
A. RESEARCH PROBLEM
You are a summer intern working for the United States Attorney's Office. You have just been handed your first research assignment:
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To: Judicial Intern From: Assistant U.S. Attorney Date: Re: Limitations on Prisoner Appeals Please find the statute(s) governing the number of federal habeas appeals that a prisoner may file. I would like to see both the codified version and the text of the law as it appears in the Statutes at Large. I need this by the end of the day. |