United States Ninth Circuit

A petition brought under 28 U.S.C. section 2254 was governed by the substantive standards of the Anti-terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, and petitioner was not entitled to an evidentiary hearing on any of his claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/10/2003
• Decided 09/26/2003
• Published 09/26/2003

Judges

• Before BEEZER, THOMAS, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alyssa T. Koo (argued) and David Goodwin, Heller Ehrman White & McAulifee LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Peggy S. Ruffa (argued) and Margo J. Yu, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, Office of the California Attorney General, for the respondent-appellee.