TAMALINI v. STEWART

No. 99-35888.

249 F.3d 895 (2001)

RENO TAMALINI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. BELINDA STEWART, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 8, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Gombiner, Federal Public Defender, Tacoma, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant.

John Joseph Samson, Attorney General's Office, Olympia, Washington, for the respondent-appellee.

Before: DAVID R. THOMPSON, TROTT, and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

The Washington Court of Appeals appointed new counsel to represent convicted defendant Reno Tamalini while his appeal was pending despite Tamalini's Sixth Amendment objection to the substitution, and despite his original court-appointed appellate lawyer's willingness to continue pro bono. In this appeal, we must decide two issues: first, whether we have jurisdiction to entertain a challenge predicated upon the Fourteenth Amendment; and second...

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