Legal Opinion
Thomas Baja v. Kenneth Ducharme, Superintendent of Washington State Reformatory Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General of the State of Washington
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 9, 1999No. 98-35594PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:
Thomas Baja appeals the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, brought under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pursuant to the Certificate of Appealability granted by this court under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3), we consider only whether the district court erred by not holding an evi- dentiary hearing on the petitioner’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because the petitioner’s claim fails to meet the requirements set forth in § 2254(e)(2), as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”), we hold that the district court did…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Keeney v. Tamayo-ReyesSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Tierney v. KupersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Matter of Personal Restraint of RiceWashington Supreme Court · 1992
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3Cited by74 opinions
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
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- Andre Marcus Bragg v. Warden GalazaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2001
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