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8 results for “Brian Cates, Warden”

Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Tags Question Presented
25-5353 Huy Trong Tran v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-08-13 Denied None Question not identified.
25A161 Edward Earl Robinson v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-08-06 Presumed Complete None
24A1035 Huy Trong Tran v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2025-04-25 Presumed Complete certificate-of-appealability civil-rights conditions-of-confinement educational-access habeas-corpus section-2254 Whether a state prisoner's pursuit of educational courses through community college programs while incarcerated constitutes a cognizable federal habea…
24-6125 Nathan Rivera v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2024-12-11 Denied district-court habeas-corpus inadmissible-testimony ineffective-assistance murder-trial trial-counsel Whether the district court erred in denying the petition for a writ of habeas corpus where Petitioner's trial counsel provided ineffective assistance …
23-5677 Rodtravion Woods v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-09-29 Denied constitutional-rights credibility credibility-challenge effective-assistance-of-counsel government-witness habeas-corpus impeachment-evidence ineffective-assistance prejudice sixth-amendment trial-counsel Was petitioner prejudicially denied his constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel
21-6908 Jessie Flores v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2022-01-20 Denied competence-to-stand-trial competency-to-stand-trial criminal-procedure ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-health-defense mental-state-defense psychosis specific-intent substance-abuse willful-deliberate-and-premeditated-murder Does defense counsel unreasonably fail to investigate and present a mental state defense to a charge of willful, deliberate and premeditated murder?
21-411 Damon B. Cook v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-09-15 Denied abuse-of-discretion civil-procedure constitutional-rights district-court due-process habeas-corpus insufficient-evidence judicial-discretion motion-to-reconsider rule-60b standing Whether the petitioner DAMON Cook has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right pursuant to 28 USC 2253(c)(2) in order to obt…
20-7879 Vincent Gino Chavez v. Brian Cates, Warden Ninth Circuit 2021-04-28 Denied capital-case capital-cases circuit-split criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions lesser-included-offense lesser-included-offenses noncapital-cases Does the Due Process Clause require giving lesser included instructions if warranted by the evidence in a noncapital criminal case?