Ninth Circuit· 2/6/2018

Ricky Earp v. Ron Davis

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881 F.3d 1135

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reasoning that abuse of discretion 12 occurs if “discovery is indispensable to a fair, rounded, development of the material facts”
rejecting request for further discovery regarding possible prosecutorial 1 misconduct when missing evidence already permitted adverse inference sought by 2 petitioner
affirming district court’s denial of further discovery 3 where petitioner’s allegations were “too attenuated and too speculative” to make a plausible 4 showing
affirming district court’s denial of further discovery 5 where petitioner’s allegations were “too attenuated and too speculative” to make a plausible 6 showing
affirming district court’s denial of 19 further discovery where petitioner’s allegations were “too attenuated and too speculative” 20 to make a plausible showing
“Sitting as fact-finder, the trial court judge is tasked with 8 weighing and making factual findings as to the credibility of witnesses.”

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Judges: Farris, Tallman, Smith

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