Deutsch v. Whitley

884 F.2d 1152 Henry DEUTSCHER, Petitioner/Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Harol WHITLEY, Warden of the Nevada State Prison, and Brian McKay, Attorney General of the State of Nevada, Respondents/Appellees/Cross-Appellants. Nos. 88-2552, 88-2579. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 10, 1989. Decided Aug. 31, 1989. David J. Burman and Stephan R. Illa, Perkins Coie, Seattle, Wash., and Thomas E. Perkins, Carson City, Nev., for petitioner/appellant/cross-appellee. Brian McKay, Atty. Gen., and David F. Sarnowski, Supervising Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, Nev., for respondents/appellees/cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before SKOPIL, FARRIS and HALL, Circuit Judges. FARRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Henry Deutscher appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Deutscher sought habeas corpus relief from a Nevada court's sentence of death. Nevada authorities appeal the district court's refusal to hold a hearing on whether Deutscher's petition was an abuse of the writ of habeas corpus. We reverse the district court's dismissal of Deutscher's petition and remand with…