United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of plaintiff's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is reversed where his Sixth Amendment rights were violated when the trial judge denied his pre-trial motion to substitute counsel on the basis of an irreconcilable conflict.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/09/2007
• Decided 10/18/2005
• Published 10/18/2005

Judges

• Before:  ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Judge, MARY M. SCHROEDER, HARRY PREGERSON, BARRY G. SILVERMAN, M. MARGARET McKEOWN, RAYMOND C. FISHER, RONALD M. GOULD, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, SANDRA S. IKUTA, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jason F. Carr, AFPD, Las Vegas, NV, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph W. Long, Deputy Attorney General, Ely, NV, for the respondent-appellee., David K. Neidert, Deputy Attorney General, Reno, NV, for the respondent-appellee.