Legal Opinion
Michael Angelo MORALES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 4, 1996No. 94-99010PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Michael Angelo Morales, a California death-row inmate, appeals the federal district court’s dismissal of the majority of the claims he presented in his first habeas corpus petition in district court. The district court dismissed the claims because the California Supreme Court had denied them not only on the merits but also as untimely; they were therefore considered to be defaulted. This is an interlocutory appeal of the district court’s ruling. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) and F.R.A.P. 5(a). We reverse the district court’s dismissal of the claims…
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