Robert Arthur Huttenback v. Susan Gionfriddo Attorney General of the State of California

78 F.3d 593 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Robert Arthur HUTTENBACK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Susan GIONFRIDDO; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 95-55050. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 15, 1995. Decided Feb. 29, 1996. Before: HUG, BEEZER and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 Robert Huttenback, former Chancellor of the University of California at Santa Barbara, appeals the district court's dismissal of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. After Huttenback used University funds to remodel his residence, he was convicted of embezzlement and tax fraud. Huttenback claims that his defense counsel's failure to disclose the simultaneous representation of an UCLA employee constituted ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of his Sixth Amendment right. The district court denied the petition on the merits, also finding the petition moot due to the termination of…