Corcoran

Corcoran v. Helling

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178 F. App'x 655
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 27, 2006No. 05-15359California292 words

Opinion

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MEMORANDUM **

In evaluating whether Corcoran’s trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a notice of appeal, the Nevada Supreme Court applied only one-part of the required two-part test in Roe v. Flores-Ortega, 528 U.S. 470, 480 , 120 S.Ct. 1029 , 145 L.Ed.2d 985 (2000). Where the state court fails to apply the appropriate stan *656 dard, AEDPA’s rule of deference does not apply and we review the question de novo. Fernandez v. Roe, 286 F.3d 1073, 1077 (9th Cir.2002).

Corcoran’s counsel had no constitutional duty to file a notice of appeal under Roe v. Flores-Ortega because there were no non-frivolous grounds for appeal and Corcoran did not reasonably demonstrate to his counsel that he was interested in appealing.

In Corcoran’s second state petition for writ of habeas corpus, the Nevada Supreme Court affirmed the lower court finding that Corcoran’s petition was untimely and that it failed to allege new or different grounds for relief as required by Nev.Rev. Stat. § 34.810. Coi’coran has failed to demonstrate that his mental illness precluded him from filing a timely petition or raising all issues in his first habeas petition. Federal habeas is barred where the petitioner…

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