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William French Anderson v. Dean Borders, Warden
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 17-55130 · judgment October 19, 2017
Certiorari denied · April 2, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 2% cert probability
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether this court should resolve the longstanding conflict among the Circuits as to whether findings by a state court without affording a habeas petitioner an evidentiary hearing result in an “unreasonable determination of the facts” not entitled to deference by a federal court under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(2).
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Douglas W. Otto
Law Offices of Douglas W. Otto
For respondent
Blythe J. Leszkay
California Attorney General's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Apr 02 2018Petition DENIED.
- Mar 13 2018DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/29/2018.
- Mar 07 2018Waiver of right of respondent Dean Borders to respond filed.
- Feb 26 2018Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 2, 2018)