Jones
Jones v. Ryan
Opinion
Opinion
Thomas, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
DANNY LEE JONES, No. 07-99000 Petitioner-Appellant, v. D.C. No.
CV-01-00384-SRB
CHARLES L. RYAN,*
OPINION
Respondent-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Susan R. Bolton, District Judge, Presiding
Argued June 11, 2009 Submitted July 6, 2009 San Francisco, California
Filed October 2, 2009
Before: Betty B. Fletcher, Michael Daly Hawkins and Sidney R. Thomas, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Thomas
*Charles L. Ryan is substituted for his predecessor Dora B. Schriro as Director of the Arizona Department of Corrections. Fed. R. App. P. 43(c)(2).
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COUNSEL
Terry Goddard, Arizona Attorney General, Kent E. Cattani, Chief Counsel, Capital Litigation Section, and Jeffrey A. Zick, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Arizona, for the respondents-appellees.
Jon M. Sands, Federal Public Defender, Leticia Marquez, Assistant Public Defender, and Sylvia J. Lett, Assistant Public Defender, Tucson, Arizona, for the petitioner-appellant.