Legal Opinion
William Kirkpatrick, Jr. v. Kevin Chappell
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 10, 2017No. 14-99001PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent by Judge Kozinski
OPINION
REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:
William Kirkpatrick, Jr., was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in California more than thirty years ago. His case has followed a long and complicated procedural path to this court. He now appeals the district court’s dismissal of certain claims for relief in his federal habeas corpus petition. He contends that the district court was wrong to dismiss those claims as unexhausted and should instead have adjudicated them on the merits—something that has not yet happened in any court, state or federal.
The district court dismissed…
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