Brumfield v. Cain | |
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Argued March 30, 2015 Decided June 18, 2015 | |
Full case name | Kevan Brumfield v. Burl Cain, Warden |
Docket no. | 13-1433 |
Citations | 576 U.S. 305 (more) 135 S. Ct. 2269; 192 L. Ed. 2d 356; 2015 WL 2473376 |
Argument | Oral argument |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Case history | |
Prior | Writ of habeas corpus granted, 854 F. Supp. 2d 366 (M.D. La. 2012); reversed, 744 F.3d 918 (5th Cir. 2014); cert. granted, 135 S. Ct. 752 (2014). |
Subsequent | On remand, 808 F.3d 1041 (5th Cir. 2015); cert. denied, 136 S. Ct. 2411 (2016). |
Holding | |
Because Brumfield satisfied §2254(d)(2)’s requirements, he was entitled to have his Atkins claim considered on the merits in federal court. | |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Sotomayor, joined by Kennedy, Ginsburg, Breyer, Kagan |
Dissent | Thomas, joined by Roberts, Scalia, Alito (all but Part I–C) |
Dissent | Alito, joined by Roberts |
Laws applied | |
U.S. Const. amend. VIII; |
Brumfield v. Cain, 576 U.S. 305 (2015), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that because Brumfield satisfied 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2)’s requirements,[1] he was entitled to have his Atkins v. Virginia[2] claim considered on the merits in federal court.
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