United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's habeas corpus petition is reversed where he was never given an evidentiary hearing on his prosecutorial misconduct and ineffective assistance of counsel claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/14/2005
• Decided 09/08/2005
• Published 09/08/2005

Judges

• Before FARRIS, D.W. NELSON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert S. Gerstein, Santa Monica, CA, for the petitioner-appellant., Dean R. Gits, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James William Bilderback II, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.