No. 20-7552

Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes v. Brad Cain, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-03-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection expert-testimony first-amendment fourteenth-amendment free-speech ineffective-assistance sixth-amendment standing witness-credibility
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the lower court erred in dismissing petitioner's claims alleging violations of the First Amendment and the Equal Protection Clause

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

No question identified. : | 1. Where petitioner is actually innocent and being held in violation of the 8" and 14" | Amendments to the United States Constitution, where such petitioner denied his Due Process of , law, 1. where petitioner On or about January 4° 2010 petitioner was given a polygraph examination by Tamera Jessen-Iverson as part of a psycho-sexual evaluation conducted by William Davis, Psy.D.., a Clinical psychologist. The polygraph concludes that there was no significant reaction to the relevant issue questions tested in this exam and that in the examiners opinion petitioner was truthful in his responses. 2. Where petitioner was denied his right to 'Due Process of Law' in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, when trial counsel failed to object to the experts diagnosis with no evidence, where such petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, (1) where trial counsel failed to object, move to strike and move for a mistrial when prosecution expert witness. (2) Where Kerri Hecox testified as follows: “Q: In fact, in your opinion was this was highly concerning for sexual abuse. A Yes” Trial counsel should have objected to the prosecutor's question and witness Hecox's response as it was inadmissible speculation under Oregon case and Oregon evidence code 401 and 403, impermissible bolstering of K.N. 's credibility under OEC 608, and as a violation of the rule that one witness will never testify about the credibility of another witness. Counsel should have further moved to strike this testimony and moved for a mistrial alleging a violation of petitioner's right to due process of law under the 14” Amendment to the U.S. Cons. Because no physical evidence corroborated the accusations of K.N. against petitioner, it is probable that this testimony affected the result of the verdict against petitioner. © 3. Where petitioner was denied his right to 'Due Process of Law' in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, when trial counsel advised petitioner NOT to take the stand and would defend petitioner on the theory of a shoddy investigation, where such petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel and due process of law, 1 4. Where petitioner was denied his right to ‘Due Process of Law’ in violation of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, when both trial and PCR, counsels failed by NOT calling Dept. of Human Services emplyee, Marcy Stenerson, who authored a prior unsubstantiated report violated his 6", and 14 Amendments to the United States Constitution. (1) where trial and Post-conviction counsels were aware of report written by Marcy Steneson, from the Department of human Services. (2) where Ms. Steneson had been contacted prior to the allegations of this case about an incident of a prior sexual assault.(3) where “Her conclusion of the investigation and allegation was “could not be substantiated “'. This is clear evidence of a prior false allegation, which is authorized and admissible in Oregon Courts. This would have caused a different out come in the trial. 5. Where petitioner was denied his right to 'Due Process of Law' in violation of the Sixth Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, when both trial and PCR counsels failed by not raising the issue of mistaking identity at tria, where such petitioner denied his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel, (1) where both counsels were aware of the facts that the alleged incident occurred before sunrise, so the room was dark and she didn't see who the abuser was.,(2) where the complaining witness, KN is Caucasion and she claimed that the alleged abuser was latino, (3) where two latino males, approximately the same age and build, were living in the household where the alleged abuse occurred. 2 .

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
Waiver of right of respondent Cain, Supt., Snake River to respond filed.
2021-04-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-29
Waiver of right of respondent Cain, Supt., Snake River to respond filed.
2021-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Cain, Supt., Snake River
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Benjamin Noah GutmanOregon Department of Justice, Respondent
Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes
Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes — Petitioner
Hugo Rufino Alvarez-Reyes — Petitioner