Stephen Redd v. Patricia Guerrero
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
No. 21-55464
STEPHEN MORELAND REDD,
individually and on behalf of all D.C. No. 2:16-cv- others similarly situated 01540-DMG-PJ Plaintiff-Appellant,
ORDER
v.
PATRICIA GUERRERO, Chief Justice of California; KIMBERLY MENNINGER, Judge of the Superior Court of California, County of Orange
Defendants-Appellees.
Filed December 11, 2024
Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Richard C. Tallman, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.
Order; Statement by Judge Berzon; Dissent by Judge Bennett SUMMARY *
Procedural Due Process/Prisoner Civil Rights
The panel issued an order granting appellees’ request to dismiss this appeal as moot, denying appellant’s motion for substitution of a party, denying appellees’ request to vacate the panel’s decision, and denying as moot appellees’ petition for panel rehearing and rehearing en banc. Stephen Redd, a California state prisoner sentenced to death, alleged that state officials violated his procedural due process rights by failing to appoint postconviction relief counsel as required by California law. In October 2023, the panel issued an opinion holding that…