Legal Opinion
Wharton v. Calderon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 5, 1997No. Nos. 96-99021, 96-99023PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TASHIMA, Circuit Judge:
George Herbert Wharton has pending in the district court his petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his first-degree murder conviction, with special circumstance, and sentence of death in the California state courts. See People v. Wharton, 53 Cal.3d 522, 280 Cal.Rptr. 631, 809 P.2d 290 (1991). In his habeas petition, Wharton raises, inter alia, broad claims of ineffective assistance of counsel.
On Wharton’s motion, the district court issued a protective order prohibiting the respondent Warden of the San Quentin State Prison (Warden) from communicating with 14…
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