Criminal
Aug. 30, 2011
Experts see lack of transparency in habeas cases
Juan Adilao Ortiz spent years waiting for a judge to rule on his petition for habeas corpus, despite the reporting system under the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990, which is supposed to provde transparency.
By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Adilao Juan Ortiz waited 5½ years in prison while a federal judge delayed making a decision on his petition for habeas corpus.
Ortiz, convicted of felony spousal abuse, was recommended for retrial or release in 2006 by a magistrate judge. But U.S. District Judge Percy Anderson refused to act on the recommendation, leaving him no ruling to even appeal. Anderson finally issu...
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