Bell v. Lampert
Bell v. Lampert
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
The district court did not err in concluding that Bell procedurally defaulted his claim. See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 750, 111 S.Ct. 2546, 115 L.Ed.2d 640 (1991). While Bell might have argued in state court that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his lawyer failed to advise him of the consequences of a guilty plea, he never argued in his various post-conviction petitions to the Oregon
Bell’s reliance on Chacon v. Wood, 36 F.3d 1459 (9th Cir. 1994), is misplaced. Bell does not simply seek to “reformulate somewhat the claims made in state court,” id. at 1467 (internal quotation marks omitted), or include “new factual allegations [that] do not ... fundamentally alter the legal claim already considered by the state courts,” id. at 1468 (internal quotation marks omitted). Instead, he raises before us a fundamentally different legal claim-due process-based on the trial judge’s, not his trial counsel’s, alleged omissions. Hence, Bell did not timely and fairly present to the state courts “the substance of [his] federal habeas corpus claim,” Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 278, 92 S.Ct. 509, 30 L.Ed.2d 438 (1971), and “all the operative facts giving rise to the asserted constitutional principle,” Daugharty v. Gladden, 257 F.2d 750, 758 (9th Cir. 1958).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and may not be cited to or by the courts of this circuit except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Robert Lee BELL, Petitioner—Appellant v. Robert O. LAMPERT, Superintendent, Snake River Correctional Institution, Respondent—Appellee
- Status
- Published