Martinez v. Ryan

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT LUIS MARIANO MARTINEZ,  No. 09-15170 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CHARLES L. RYAN, Director of the  2:08-cv-00785-JAT District of Arizona, Arizona Department of Phoenix Corrections, ORDER Respondent-Appellee.  On Remand From The United States Supreme Court Filed May 29, 2012 Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Procter Hug, Jr., and Richard R. Clifton, Circuit Judges. ORDER Pursuant to the Opinion of the Supreme Court in Martinez v. Ryan, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S. Ct. 1309 (2012), inadequate assistance of counsel during initial review collateral proceed- ings may now establish cause for a prisoner’s default of a claim of ineffective assistance at trial. The district court prop- erly applied the law as it stood at the time of Martinez’s peti- tion. However, by qualifying Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722 (1991), the Supreme Court changed the law. Therefore, the district court’s denial of Martinez’s petition for habeas corpus on the basis that his claim was procedurally defaulted is REVERSED, and the matter is REMANDED for proceed- ings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion. 5871