Eric Mann v. Charles Ryan

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

ERIC OWEN MANN, No. 09-99017 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:03-CV-00213-CKJ

CHARLES L. RYAN,

Respondent-Appellee. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Arizona Cindy K. Jorgenson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc January 11, 2016 Pasadena, California

Filed July 15, 2016

Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Susan P. Graber, M. Margaret McKeown, Kim McLane Wardlaw, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard R. Clifton, Consuelo M. Callahan, N. Randy Smith, Morgan Christen, Paul J. Watford, and John B. Owens, Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Clifton; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Chief Judge Thomas; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Christen SUMMARY*

Habeas Corpus / Death Penalty

The en banc court affirmed the district court’s judgment denying Arizona state prisoner Eric Owen Mann’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition challenging his conviction and capital sentence for two counts of first-degree murder.

The en banc court held that Mann is…