Charles F. Christian v. Daniel B. Vasquez, Warden

10 F.3d 808 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Charles F. CHRISTIAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Daniel B. VASQUEZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellee. No. 92-16963. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Nov. 5, 1993. * Decided Nov. 26, 1993. Before: ALARCON, LEAVY, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Petitioner Charles Christian has filed, and lost, several habeas corpus cases he filed in California state court. He had pleaded guilty in 1978 to stabbing two people to death. He did not appeal, but claimed in the state habeas petitions that he was mentally incompetent when he pleaded and had received ineffective assistance of counsel. 3 The last denial by the California court of appeals, in 1987, was "without prejudice" to filing a new petition remedying the following defects: (1) failure to justify delay in raising the issue; (2) lack of any change since the last denial of his claim of incompetence caused by medication; (3) failure to…