Reyes
Reyes v. Brown
Opinion
Opinion
facts necessary to evaluate Reyes’ petition were not suffi- ciently developed before the district court — and, therefore, are not sufficiently developed in the record before us — we vacate the district court’s denial of Reyes’ petition and remand to the district court for further proceedings.
I.
On September 18, 1997, Reyes entered the DMV on Water- man Avenue in San Bernardino, California. He purportedly filled out an application for a driver’s license under the name of his cousin, Miguel Soto, who purportedly knew how to drive but not how to read. Reyes signed the application, which purportedly stated that the information was being provided under penalty of perjury.1 After Reyes signed the application, 1 The parties dispute whether the application Reyes signed was in English or Spanish and whether it stated that the information being pro- vided was under penalty of perjury. For example, the State maintains that Reyes “filled out an English language application . . . . which stated the information was being provided under penalty of perjury.” See Appellee’s Br. at 4-5, available at 2001 WL 34355184. In contrast, Reyes maintains that the application “was in Spanish,” that he…