Dispennett v. Cook
Defendant: Jeff Premo
Petitioner: Ralph Dispennett
Respondent: David Cook
Interested Non-Party: Marion County Department of Health
Case Number: 3:1998cv01252
Filed: April 8, 2013
Court: US District Court for the District of Oregon
Office: Portland (3) Office
Presiding Judge: Robert E. Jones
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus (General)
Cause of Action: 28 U.S.C. ยง 2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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April 8, 2013 Opinion or Order Filing 319 OPINION AND ORDER. Petitioner (1) has not excused his procedural default as to his Sixth Amendment claims and his Fourteenth Amendment Claim for direct access to Murray's mental health records and (2) is not entitled to an in camera revie w of Murray's mental health records. Judge Stewart and I undertook a thorough review of the mental health records finding nothing that would help petitioner's cause. There is no dispute that the records contained evidence of the extent to which Murray suffers from a mental impairment, the records contained no evidence that Murray was not competent to testify as a witness. Petitioner has presented no evidence tending to show recantation or accusation and identification of a perpetrator other than the justly convicted petitioner. Petitioner's writ is denied. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed on 4/8/2013 by Judge Robert E. Jones. (gw)
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Petitioner: Ralph Dispennett
Represented By: Barbara L. Creel
Represented By: C. Renee Manes
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Respondent: David Cook
Represented By: Jacqueline Sadker Kamins
Represented By: Summer R. Gleason
Represented By: Douglas Park
Represented By: Lynn David Larsen
Represented By: Ward Douglas Marshall
Represented By: Andrew D. Hallman
Represented By: Thomas J. Castle
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Interested non-party: Marion County Department of Health
Represented By: Bruce T. Armstrong
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Defendant: Jeff Premo
Represented By: Andrew D. Hallman
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