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HURLES v. RYAN

No. 08-99032.

650 F.3d 1301 (2011)

Richard D. HURLES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charles L. RYAN, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 7, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Denise I. Young and Michael Aaron Harwin , Tucson, AZ, for the petitioner-appellant.

Terry Goddard , Attorney General of Arizona, Phoenix, AZ, for respondent-appellee.

Kent E. Cattani and J.D. Nielsen , Arizona Attorney General, Capital Litigation Section, Phoenix, AZ, for the respondent-appellee.

Opinion by Judge D.W. Nelson; Dissent by Judge IKUTA.

OPINION

D.W. NELSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

Richard D. Hurles appeals the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus from his murder conviction and death sentence. He argues the district court erred on four issues: judicial bias, ineffective assistance of sentencing counsel, ineffective assistance of appellate counsel, and procedural default (related to portions of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims).

For the reasons...

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