Legal Opinion
James E. Griffin, Jr. v. Dan Johnson, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 20, 2003No. 01-36157PublishedCited by 114 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge.
Petitioner James Griffin appeals from the district court’s denial of his amended petition for habeas corpus relief. He argues that the district court erred (1) in concluding that his newly presented evidence did not establish actual innocence with respect to his proeedurally defaulted ineffective assistance of counsel claim, and (2) in denying an evidentiary hearing on his actual innocence claim. We have jurisdiction to review Griffin’s petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a), and we affirm.
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In February 1991, Griffin met Roseanne Walter at a…
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