No. 20-7254

Juan Valenzuela v. L. Small, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-02-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 9th-circuit brady-violation criminal-justice-act criminal-procedure due-process federal-habeas federal-habeas-corpus habeas-corpus in-forma-pauperis ninth-circuit-review police-misconduct writ-of-certiorari
Key Terms:
DueProcess HabeasCorpus
Latest Conference: 2021-03-26
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether, in affirming a district court's denial of federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d), the Ninth Circuit unreasonably applied this Court's precedent when it concluded that Petitioner's Brady claim, based on a police officer's undisclosed misconduct at the time of trial that res

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit unreasonably applied SCOTUS precedent in concluding that petitioner's Brady-claim failed for lack of prejudice

Docket Entries

2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2021-03-02
Waiver of right of respondent Small, Warden to respond filed.
2021-02-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 29, 2021)

Attorneys

Juan Valenzuela
Michael Lawrence ParenteFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
L. Small
Herbert S. TetefAttorney Gene. of California, Respondent