Ruiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 IGNACIO RUIZ, Case No. 18-cv-07681-EMC (EMC) Plaintiffs, ORDER CLARIFYING THIS COURT'S v. APRIL 10, 2023 ORDER M.ELIOT SPEARMAN, Docket No. 63 Defendants. I. INTRODUCTION This case arises from the conviction of Ignacio Ruiz in the Contra Costa Superior Court and remedy granted to Mr. Ruiz per his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by this Court thereafter. Mr. Ruiz was offered a plea deal in 2012 that this Court found he rejected due to ineffective assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment. After rejecting the deal, Mr. Ruiz lost at trial. He was convicted of first-degree murder, among other charges, and received a sentence less favorable than that in the deal; he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. He was also convicted of counts to which he would not have pled guilty under the plea deal. To remedy the harm from the ineffective assistance, this Court…