BOLIN v. DAVIS

No. 16-99009.

13 F.4th 797 (2021)

Paul C. BOLIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald DAVIS, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Bacon (argued), Oakland, California; Heather E. Williams , Federal Defender; Brian Abbington , Assistant Federal Defender; Office of the Federal Public Defender, Sacramento, California; for Petitioner-Appellant.

Rachelle A. Newcomb (argued) and Sean M. McCoy , Deputy Attorneys General; Michael P. Farrell , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento, California; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: M. Margaret McKeown, Jacqueline H. Nguyen, and Daniel A. Bress, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

A California jury convicted Paul Bolin of two counts of first-degree murder and he was sentenced to death. Bolin now seeks federal habeas relief, arguing that his trial counsel was ineffective in not renewing a motion to change venue and in failing to develop additional mitigating evidence. Applying the deferential...

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