U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1998

Theo Ervin Williams v. Robert Borg, Warden

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided March 23, 1998 · Canby, Kleinfeld, Collins

139 F.3d 737; 40 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 615; 98 Daily Journal DAR 2827; 98 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 2027; 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 5604; 1998 WL 125147 (Federal Reporter, Third Series)

Counsel

William T. Lowe, Assistant State Public Defender, San Francisco, California, for petitioner-appellant., Herbert F. Wilkinson, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, California, for respondent-appellee.

Cases that cite this one

70 later published cases cite this decision. The 24 that cite it most often are listed here.

John Gary Arredondo v. George Ortiz (9th Cir. 2004)
Combs v. Commonwealth (Ky. 2002)
Taylor v. Davis (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2016)
Sanders v. Santoro (United States District Court for the Northern District of California 2024)
Speer v. Shinn (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2023)
Rodriguez v. Morris (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2021)
State of Iowa v. Steve Thomas Schneider (Iowa Ct. App. 2015)
United States v. Raymond Ruiz, Jr. (9th Cir. 2013)
United States v. Wright (9th Cir. 2010)
Sunset Drive Corp. v. City of Redlands (9th Cir. 2008)
United States v. James Earl Matthews (9th Cir. 2001)
Samson Dubria v. G.A. Smith, Warden (9th Cir. 2000)
Michael Ray Bredemier v. Theresa Cisneros (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2025)
Fernandez v. Bennett (District Court, W.D. Washington 2025)
Solorio v. Ross (United States District Court for the District of Idaho 2025)
Lopez-Orozco v. Ross (United States District Court for the District of Idaho 2025)
Bryon Keith Street v. Robert Neuschmid (United States District Court for the Central District of California 2023)
(HC) Roberts v. Gastelo (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2023)
(HC)Kahaku v. Covello (United States District Court for the Eastern District of California 2022)
United States v. Antonino Partida, Jr. (9th Cir. 2021)
Patrick Goodwin v. Spearman (9th Cir. 2021)
Andriano v. Shinn (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2021)
Garza v. Shinn (United States District Court for the District of Arizona 2021)
Ward v. State of Idaho (United States District Court for the District of Idaho 2021)

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Opinion of the Court

Dissenting Opinion

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