Patrick Neiss v. Pete Bludworth

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

PATRICK O. NEISS, No. 22-35877

Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 1:21-cv-00103-

SPW-KLD

PETE BLUDWORTH, Warden;

ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE

STATE OF MONTANA, OPINION

Respondents-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana Susan P. Watters, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted March 28, 2024 Seattle, Washington

Filed August 16, 2024

Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Barrington D. Parker, Jr., * and Eric D. Miller, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Wardlaw

* The Honorable Barrington D. Parker, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Habeas Corpus

The panel reversed the district court’s dismissal of Patrick Neiss’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition under the preliminary screening provision of Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, and remanded for further proceedings. Neiss was…