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DIXON v. WILLIAMS

No. 10-17145.

750 F.3d 1027 (2014)

Frederic K. DIXON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Brian E. WILLIAMS, Sr.; Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 30, 2014.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc June 11, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randolph Fiedler (argued) and Debra A. Bookout , Assistant Federal Public Defenders; Rene L. Valladares , Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, NV, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Michael J. Bongard (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Catherine Cortez Masto , Nevada Attorney General, Ely, NV, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: JOHN T. NOONAN, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner Frederic K. Dixon seeks federal habeas relief on the basis that the state trial court improperly instructed the jury on self-defense in violation of his Fourteenth Amendment right to due process. We agree and reverse the district court's denial of habeas relief.

I

Dixon was charged in the district court of Clark County, Nevada with murder with a deadly weapon for the shooting death of Derrick Nunley on November...

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