Schart

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DALE E. SCHARDT,  No. 02-36164 Petitioner-Appellant, v.  D.C. No.

CV-02-00301-TSZ

ALICE PAYNE,

OPINION

Respondent-Appellee.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Thomas S. Zilly, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 2, 2004 Submission Deferred November 3, 2004 Resubmitted May 9, 2005 Seattle, Washington

Filed July 8, 2005

Before: Arthur L. Alarcón, William A. Fletcher, and Johnnie B. Rawlinson, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Alarcón

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COUNSEL

Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Law Offices of Sheryl Gordon McCloud, Seattle, Washington, for the petitioner-appellant.

Diana M. Sheythe and John J. Samson, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Washington Attorney General, Crimi- nal Justice Division, Olympia, Washington, for the respondent-appellee.

David Zuckerman and Jeffery L. Fisher, NACDL Amicus Committee, Seattle, Washington, for amicus NACDL. SCHARDT v. PAYNE 7967

OPINION

ALARCÓN, Senior Circuit Judge:

We must decide…