United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's habeas corpus petition is reversed where the district court 1) failed to comply with the procedure governing designation of magistrate judges and 2) abused its discretion in dismissing the petition with prejudice.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/28/2004
• Published 09/28/2004

Judges

• SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge., Before: D.W. NELSON and NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Eric S. Multhaup, Mill Valley, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard B. Cullather, Deputy Attorney General, for the respondents-appellees.