In re Thai
Opinion
Opinion
Filed 1/13/26 (unmodified opinion attached)
CERTIFIED FOR PUBLICATION
IN THE COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
FIRST APPELLATE DISTRICT
DIVISION FOUR
In re HIEU HO TRONG THAI A170701
on Habeas Corpus. (Marin County Super. Ct. No. HC0000051)
ORDER MODIFYING OPINION;
NO CHANGE IN JUDGMENT
BY THE COURT:
The court orders that the opinion filed in this appeal on December 16, 2025, be modified as follows:
1. On page 12, in the first sentence of the third paragraph of footnote 11, delete “have pointed out” and replace with “explain below (see post, at p. 16),” so the sentence reads:
About this suggestion, it suffices to say Thai’s claim in this case is directed toward the calculation of his YPED, not his MEPD, and, as we explain below (see post, at p. 16), after Hardin we no longer focus on whether an equal protection claimant making a challenge to a law facially distinguishing between identifiable classes is similarly situated to a class claimed to have been more favorably treated (here those receiving MEPD credits).
1 The modification effects no change in the judgment.