ROSS v. WILLIAMS

No. 16-16533.

950 F.3d 1160 (2020)

Ronald ROSS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WILLIAMS, Warden; Attorney General for the State of Nevada, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed February 24, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Kirshbaum (argued), Assistant Federal Public Defender; Rene L. Valladares , Federal Public Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Las Vegas, Nevada; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeffrey M. Conner (argued), Assistant Solicitor General; Matthew S. Johnson , Deputy Attorney General; Adam Paul Laxalt , Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Carson City, Nevada; for Respondents-Appellees.

David M. Porter , Chair, NADCL Amicus Committee, Sacramento, California; Gabriel J. Chin , University of California, Davis School of Law, Davis, California; for Amici Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Aoki Center for Critical Race and Nation Studies.

Dissent by Judge Ikuta.


OPINION

Ronald Ross, proceeding pro se, timely filed a habeas petition in the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Using a court-provided form for habeas petitions, he asserted eight claims of ineffective assistance of counsel based on specific alleged deficiencies in his trial counsel...

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