Irons
Irons v. Carey
Opinion
Opinion
REINHARDT, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
CARL MERTON IRONS, II,
Petitioner-Appellee, No. 05-15275
U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL,
Intervenor, D.C. No.
CV-04-00220-LKK
v.
OPINION
TOM L. CAREY, Warden, Respondent-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued May 11, 2005 Submitted March 6, 2007 San Francisco, California
Filed March 6, 2007
Before: Stephen Reinhardt, John T. Noonan, and Ferdinand F. Fernandez, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Reinhardt; Concurrence by Judge Noonan; Concurrence by Judge Reinhardt; Concurrence by Judge Fernandez
2469 2472 IRONS v. CAREY
COUNSEL
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Ste- phen P. Acquisto, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, & Pamela B. Hooley, Deputy Attorney General, for the respondent-appellant. IRONS v. CAREY 2473 Quin Denvir, Federal Defender, & Ann C. McClintock, Assis- tant Federal Defender, for the petitioner-appellee.