Ninth Circuit· 8/16/1988

Joseph Buffalo v. Franklin Sunn, Director D.S.S.H.

Citations

854 F.2d 1158
11 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1305
1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 11228
1988 WL 83966

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finding error when the court relied on “personal knowledge” to resolve disputed issue of fact
finding error when the court relied on “personal knowledge” to resolve disputed issue of fact
finding error when the court relied on “personal knowledge” to resolve disputed issue of fact
pro se petitioner unable to file state petition for certification because he had been held in “lock down” by prison officials
“A district court conducting federal habeas review should not ordinarily attempt to resolve contested issues of fact based on affidavits alone unless there is other evidence in the record dispositive of the issue or unless the state court has made the relevant factual findings.”
“A district court conducting federal habeas review should not ordinarily attempt to resolve contested issues of fact based on affidavits alone unless there is other evidence in the record dispositive of the issue or unless the state court has made the relevant factual findings”

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Judges: Wallace, Reinhardt, Noonan

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