Cavazos
Williams v. Cavazos
Opinion
Opinion
KOZINSKI, J.
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
TARA SHENEVA WILLIAMS, No. 07-56127 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. CV-03-02691-GW
DEBORAH K. JOHNSON, Warden of ORDER, the Central California Women’s OPINION AND Facility in Chowchilla, AMENDED Respondent-Appellee. DISSENT
On Remand from the United States Supreme Court
Filed May 27, 2016 Amended October 21, 2016
Before: Stephen Reinhardt and Alex Kozinski, Circuit Judges, and Ronald M. Whyte,* Senior District Judge.
Opinion by Judge Kozinski; Dissent by Judge Reinhardt
* The Honorable Ronald M. Whyte, Senior District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation. SUMMARY**
Habeas Corpus
On remand from the United States Supreme Court, the panel affirmed the district court’s order denying habeas relief to Tara Williams, who asserted that the trial court’s dismissal of a holdout juror during deliberations in her California murder trial violated her Sixth Amendment rights.