United States Ninth Circuit

Magistrate judges are authorized to issue certificates of appealability. Dismissal of defendant's petition for habeas corpus relief from his conviction for sexual assault and deviant sexual conduct is affirmed where defendant's claim for relief was procedurally defaulted.

Appellate Information

• Argued Array
• Decided 01/10/2006
• Published 01/10/2006

Judges

• BETTY B. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before B. FLETCHER, BRUNETTI, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David Ness, Assistant Federal Defender, Helena, MT, Darla J. Mondou, Marana, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Carol E. Schmidt, Assistant Attorney General, Helena, MT, for the respondent-appellee.