Legal Opinion
Cesar Ramirez Gutierrez v. Bertram S. Griggs, Superintendent, California Institution for Men at Chino
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 7, 1983No. 81-4037PublishedCited by 156 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHOY, Circuit Judge:
Cesar Gutierrez appeals from the district court’s summary denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b). Gutierrez was convicted of murder and is now serving a life sentence in a California state prison. The principal issue in this appeal is whether a district court can summarily dismiss a habeas petition under Rule 4, 28 U.S.C., following' § 2254 without first resolving whether a petitioner has exhausted available state remedies with respect to the claim raised in the petition. Because we are convinced that it would be wasteful and…
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