No. 19-8901

Fabian Fuentes Rosas v. Timothy Filson, Warden, et al.

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-07-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: due-process equitable-exception federal-habeas habeas-corpus material-misrepresentation ninth-circuit plea-agreement prosecutorial-misconduct state-court-proceedings statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit failed to consider and decide one of the certified claims raised in Rosas's appeal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit failed to consider and decide one of the certified claims raised in Rosas’s appeal, namely an exhausted argument that Rosas was denied his right to due process when the state trial court refused to bar the State from prosecuting him on the murder charges as a result of a negotiated plea agreement in which the State would drop the murder charges if Rosas passed a polygraph test? 2. Whether there should be an equitable exception to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1) when the factual record on which the state court issued its merits decision contains an intentional, material misrepresentation from the State? i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent Timothy Filson, Attorney General of Nevada to respond filed.
2020-06-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 5, 2020)

Attorneys

Fabian Fuentes Rosas
Jonathan Michael KirshbaumLaw Offices of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Jonathan Michael KirshbaumLaw Offices of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
Timothy Filson, Attorney General of Nevada
Katrina SamuelsState of Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Respondent
Katrina SamuelsState of Nevada Office of the Attorney General, Respondent