United States Ninth Circuit

Under the AEDPA, a subsequent habeas petition may not relate back to earlier habeas petition where the earlier petition was dismissed before defendant filed the subsequent petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/13/2000
• Decided 08/06/2001
• Published 08/06/2001

Judges

• Before:  PREGERSON, NOONAN, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lauren Eskenazi, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General;  Carol Wendelin Pollack, Senior Assistant Attorney General;  Kenneth C. Byrne, Supervising Deputy Attorney General;  Beverly K. Falk, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondents-appellees.