United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a California state habeas petition for lack of diligence constitutes an independent and adequate ground for denial of the habeas petition precluding federal court review.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/10/2001
• Decided 11/29/2001
• Published 11/29/2001

Judges

• Before BRUNETTI, RYMER, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Tina Long Rippy, Esq., Attorney at Law, Whittier, California, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California;  David P. Druliner, Chief Assistant Attorney General;  Marc E. Turchin, Acting Senior Assistant Attorney General;  Marc J. Nolan, Deputy Attorney General;  Gary A. Lieberman, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, California, for the respondents-appellees.