Nicholas Hacheney v. Mike Obenland, Superintendent, Monroe Correctional Complex
HabeasCorpus
Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision failing to grant a certificate of appealability for the ineffective assistance of counsel claim conflicts with Wilson v. Sellers
QUESTION PRESENTED In Wilson v. Sellers, __ U.S. __, 188 S. Ct. 1188, 1192 (2018), this Court held that when a state court issues a reasoned decision “a federal habeas court simply reviews the specific reasons given by the state court and defers to those reasons if they are reasonable.” Here, the habeas court did not review the reasons given by the state court for denying Mr. Hacheney’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim, but instead posited its own reasons. Does the Ninth Circuit’s decision failing to grant a certificate of appealability for this claim conflict with Wilson?