Cate v. Pirtle

Docket No.	Op. Below	Argument	Opinion	Vote	Author	Term
10-868	9th Cir.	Not Argued	Jun 13, 2011	TBD	TBD	OT 2010

Issue: Whether a federal court may grant habeas corpus relief to a state prisoner based on its view that the state court erred in applying the state-law standard of evidentiary sufficiency governing state parole decisions.

Judgment: Granted, Vacated, Remanded the the Ninth Circuit on June 13, 2011.

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Petition of the day (Conor McEvily, April 12, 2011)

Briefs and Documents

Opinion below (9th Circuit)
Petition for certiorari
Brief in opposition of respondent Ron Mosely
Brief in opposition of respondent Robert Johnson
Brief in opposition of respondent John Pirtle
Brief in opposition of Anthony Sneed (forthcoming)
Brief in opposition of Michael Craig Slater (forthcoming)
Petitioners' reply
Petitioner's reply to Sneed and Slater
Petitioners' supplemental brief

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