United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of a habeas petition is affirmed where petitioner failed to exhaust a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in state courts, because on the face of his petition for review in the Oregon Supreme Court, petitioner expressly limited his claim to Oregon constitutional law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/14/2003
• Published 02/14/2003

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, KOZINSKI, TROTT, KLEINFELD, TASHIMA, THOMAS, McKEOWN, WARDLAW, W. FLETCHER, GOULD and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc Sussman, Portland, OR, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Janet A. Metcalf, Office of the Attorney General, Salem, OR, for the appellee.