United States Ninth Circuit

Denial of habeas relief is reversed in part where California appellate courts violated clearly established federal law by denying the petition because, without an entire voir dire transcript, those courts could not evaluate the relevant circumstances surrounding a contested strike, as required by Batson. (Amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/04/2004
• Decided 10/26/2006
• Published 10/26/2006

Judges

• Before:  RICHARD D. CUDAHY,SUSAN P. GRABER, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Mark E. Eibert, Half Moon Bay, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Glenn R. Pruden, Deputy Attorney General, State of California, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee.