United States Ninth Circuit

Plaintiffs' petitions for review are denied over their challenge of ineffective assistance of counsel where counsel's legal approach was a tactical miscalculation, not ineffective assistance, and did not undermine the fundamental fairness of the proceedings.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/13/2004
• Decided 09/08/2004
• Published 09/08/2004

Judges

• Before WALLACE, McKEOWN, Circuit Judges, and MOSKOWITZ, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marc Van Der Hout, Van Der Hout, Brigagliano & Nightingale, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Russell J.E. Verby, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for the respondent.