Warren v. Cardwell

621 F.2d 319 In the Matter of the Application of William Sheffield for a Writ of Habeas Corpus on behalf of Nathan Jacques WARREN, Sr., real party in interest, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold J. CARDWELL, as Warden of the Arizona State Prison, Defendant-Appellee, and United States of America and Maricopa County, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellees. No. 78-2228. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. March 20, 1980. William Sheffield, Sheffield, Charton, Fishman & Agajanian, Santa Ana, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. George B. Nielsen, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Phoenix, Ariz., argued, for defendant-appellee; Philip J. MacDonnell, Phoenix, Ariz., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona. Before CHOY and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and GRANT, District Judge. * CHOY, Circuit Judge: 1 Sheffield, on behalf of his client Warren, appeals from the district court's dismissal of a petition for habeas corpus. We affirm. I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE 2 This case is perplexed by the actions of Warren's two attorneys, by the several convictions and sentences Warren amassed, and by the orders of several judges. The relevant history of this case, as best we…