Cooper-Smith
Cooper-Smith v. Palmateer
Opinion
Opinion
T.G. Nelson, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
MICHAEL T. COOPER-SMITH, No. 03-35794 Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.C. No.
CV-00-00848-GMK
JOAN PALMATEER,
OPINION
Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon Garr M. King, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted December 8, 2004—Portland, Oregon
Filed February 16, 2005
Before: Thomas G. Nelson, Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges, and William W Schwarzer,* District Judge.
Opinion by Judge T.G. Nelson
*The Honorable William W Schwarzer, Senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.
1933 1936 COOPER-SMITH v. PALMATEER
COUNSEL
Stephen R. Sady, Chief Deputy Public Defender, Portland, Oregon, for the petitioner-appellant. COOPER-SMITH v. PALMATEER 1937 Carolyn Alexander, Assistant Attorney General, Salem, Ore- gon, for the respondent-appellee.
OPINION
T. G. NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Michael Cooper-Smith appeals the district court’s denial of his writ of habeas corpus for alleged ineffective assistance of counsel. The…