United States Ninth Circuit

A habeas petitioner's attorney-s failure to file a proper Anders brief in support of a motion to be relieved of appointment to represent petitioner on his direct appeal constituted a denial of effective assistance of counsel under the Fifth Amendment.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/04/2003
• Decided 08/27/2003
• Published 08/27/2003

Judges

• Before BROWNING, ALARCÓN, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Donahoe, Assistant Federal Defender and Anthony R. Gallagher, Federal Defender, Office of Federal Defenders of MT, Helena, Montana, for the defendant-appellant., C. Ed Laws, Assistant United States Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Billings, MT, for the plaintiff-appellee.