1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 884 F.2d
  5. 884 F.2d 1152 (1989)
 

DEUTSCHER v. WHITLEY

Nos. 88-2552, 88-2579.

884 F.2d 1152 (1989)

Henry DEUTSCHER, Petitioner/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Harol WHITLEY, Warden of the Nevada State Prison, and Brian McKay, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents/Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 31, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Burman and Stephan R. Illa, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., and Thomas E. Perkins, Carson City, Nev., for petitioner/appellant/cross-appellee.

Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., and David F. Sarnowski, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for respondents/appellees/cross-appellants.

Before SKOPIL, FARRIS and HALL, Circuit Judges.

FARRIS, Circuit Judge:

Henry Deutscher appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Deutscher sought habeas corpus relief from a Nevada court's sentence of death. Nevada authorities appeal the district court's refusal to hold a hearing on whether Deutscher's petition was an abuse of the writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the district court's dismissal of Deutscher's petition and remand with instructions to grant the writ unless...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases