Legal Opinion
Luke Hunton v. Stephen Sinclair
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 11, 2013No. 12-35363PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by Judge Fernandez; Dissent by Judge W. Fletcher.
OPINION
FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:
Luke M. Hunton appeals the district court’s dismissal of part of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He asserts that because he is raising a Brady1 claim, he is not bound by the holdings of Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991), that preclude relief when a claim was not exhausted during the post-conviction review process on account of lack of counsel or ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm.
BACKGROUND
After Hunton was convicted in the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Coleman v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Martinez v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Rodriguez De Quijas v. Shearson/American Express, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Agostini v. FeltonSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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- Edmund Zagorski v. Tony MaysCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2018
- Doyle Lee Hamm v. Commissioner, Alabama Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2015
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