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23 Sep 2015, 1:32 pm
Rather than recite the facts of this extremely interesting case, I'll merely cut-and-paste the money quote from Judge Wardlaw's majority opinion (to which Judge Pregerson dissents):"Once again, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Southern District of California overstepped the boundaries of permissible questioning and argument. [read post]
1 Jul 2015, 2:48 pm by Jon Sands
Valenzuela, No. 12-55041 (Berzon with Pregerson and Wardlaw) --- The Ninth Circuit vacated and remanded the dismissal of a California state prisoner's § 2254 habeas petition, holding that a magistrate judge lacked the authority to rule on a motion for stay and abeyance under Rhines v. [read post]
19 Jun 2015, 3:27 pm by Jon Sands
United States, No. 11-99003 (Silverman with Wardlaw; partial dissent by Reinhardt)--- A divided panel of the Ninth Circuit affirmed the denial of a § 2255 post-conviction motion filed by a federal death-row prisoner, holding that defense counsels' guilt- and penalty-phase strategies were the product of professionally reasonable investigations under Strickland v. [read post]
27 May 2015, 12:08 pm
 (Though less unusual given the composition of the panel -- Judges Pregerson, Reinhardt, and Wardlaw.) [read post]