Legal Opinion
Farrar v. Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 28, 2004No. C.A. 02-35406PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM **
Stephen Lewis Farrar appeals pro se the district court’s denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We conclude that all but *813one of his claims are barred. The only reviewable federal claim — whether the prosecutor’s comment on petitioner’s post-arrest silence violated due process — was rejected by the district court. We agree and affirm.
DISCUSSION
Farrar raises numerous arguments in his habeas petition in support of his claims that he was (1) denied a fair trial due to prosecutorial misconduct; (2) denied the right to represent himself;…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Schlup v. DeloSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Bousley v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Farrar v. Belleque, Superintendent, Oregon State PenitentiarySupreme Court of the United States · 2005