Legal Opinion
Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 17, 1996No. 94-16337PublishedCited by 463 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Jose Ortiz-Sandoval appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habe-as corpus. We address the question whether his naming of the California Director of Corrections rather than the warden of the prison where he is incarcerated destroys personal jurisdiction. We hold that the naming of the Director of Corrections does not destroy personal jurisdiction. On the merits, we affirm in part and remand in part.
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On November 17, 1989 in the Superior Court for Santa Clara County, a jury found Ortiz-Sandoval guilty of first degree murder in the shooting…
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