background-investigation

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5277 Sergio Ochoa v. Oak Smith, Acting Warden Ninth Circuit 2023-08-03 Denied IFP background-investigation capital-punishment capital-sentencing ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mitigating-evidence neuropsychological-deficits post-traumatic-stress post-traumatic-stress-disorder strickland-v-washington williams-v-taylor Whether the Ninth Circuit's decision in Ochoa v. Davis conflicts with Supreme Court precedent in Williams v. Taylor, Wiggins v. Smith, and Rompilla v.…