United States Ninth Circuit

Dismissal of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where the district court erred by not considering the evidence of his incompetence before dismissing his petition.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/09/2004
• Decided 05/03/2005
• Published 05/03/2005

Judges

• COWEN, Circuit Judge:, Before: O'SCANNLAIN, COWEN, and BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David M. Porter, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Sacramento, CA, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Justain P. Riley, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the appellee.