The Supreme Court does not provide certiorari-stage briefs for habeas cases or for criminal cases that are summarily decided or in which certiorari is denied.
Notes on verification
Directly confirmed by verbatim text on the Supreme Court's official website and corroborated by multiple independent law library research guides describing the same database limitation. [tier=bronze indep_score=0.49 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- Where to Find Briefs of the Supreme Court of the U.S. (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://guides.lib.unc.edu/c.php?g=41010&p=261356 (corroboration)
- https://lawlibguides.luc.edu/appellate_advocacy/supreme_court/briefs (corroboration)
- https://guides.library.haverford.edu/friendly.php?s=supremecourt%2Fbriefs-lexis (corroboration)