Legal Opinion
Hector Clyde WOOD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Frank HALL, Director, Oregon Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 19, 1997No. 96-35868PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Hector Clyde Wood petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the district court erred in holding that his claims were procedurally defaulted and that he failed to show cause for the default. The Oregon Court of Appeals had dismissed Wood’s direct appeal under Oregon’s fugitive disentitlement doctrine, which denies litigants who have fled the jurisdiction the right to pursue then-claims in the state’s courts.
We review de novo the denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. See Johnson v. Zenon, 88 F.3d 828, 828 (9th Cir.1996). We affirm the district…
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