Deutscher v. Whitley

U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit · Decided 1989-08-31

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FARRIS, Circuit Judge: Henry Deutscher appeals the district court’s dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Deutscher sought habe-as corpus relief from a Nevada court’s sentence of death. Nevada authorities appeal the district court’s refusal to hold a hearing on whether Deutseher’s petition was an abuse of the writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the district court’s dismissal of Deutscher’s petition and remand…

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