Crater

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ANDREW CORTEZ CRATER,  No. 05-17027 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  CV-01-01893-MCE/

GEORGE M. GALAZA, GGH

Respondent-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Morrison C. England, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted October 17, 2006—San Francisco, California

Filed July 9, 2007

Before: Melvin Brunetti, Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, and Stephen S. Trott, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge O’Scannlain

8135 8138 CRATER v. GALAZA

COUNSEL

Victor S. Haltom, Sacramento, California, Attorney at Law, argued the cause for petitioner-appellant Andrew Cortez Cra- ter and filed briefs.

Brian R. Means, Sacramento, California, Supervising Deputy Attorney General of the State of California, argued the cause for respondent-appellee George M. Galaza; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Ander- son, Chief Assistant Attorney General of the State of Califor- nia, and Mary Jo Graves, Senior Assistant Attorney General…