| 21-6986 |
John Atlas, Jr. v. Patrick Covello, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-27 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
criminal-street-gang criminal-threats due-process ineffective-assistance intent life-sentence mental-state mental-state-defense schizophrenia trial-counsel |
Whether Petitioner John Atlas, Jr. stated a prima facie case of ineffective-assistance-of-counsel |
| 21-6908 |
Jessie Flores v. Brian Cates, Warden |
Ninth Circuit |
2022-01-20 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
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? |
| 20-1490 |
Quinn Alexander Marez v. Kathleen Allison, Secretary, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation |
Ninth Circuit |
2021-04-26 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
28-usc-2254 federal-court federal-review habeas-corpus ineffective-assistance ineffective-assistance-of-counsel mental-state-defense procedural-requirements state-court state-court-review |
May a federal court substitute its own reasons for denying a habeas petition when the state court's reasons were legally in error? |