Ronald Lee Deere, A/K/A Running Deer v. Daniel Vasquez, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin

15 F.3d 1084 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. Ronald Lee DEERE, a/k/a Running Deer, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Daniel VASQUEZ, Warden of the California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellant. No. 92-55648. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted Jan. 25, 1994. * Decided Feb. 7, 1994. Before: HUG, FERGUSON, and WIGGINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Ronald Deere was sentenced to death by a California state court for murder. Ultimately, the sentence of death was affirmed by the California Supreme Court on direct appeal. Deere's petition to the California Supreme Court for a writ of habeas corpus was denied. Deere then filed in the federal district court a petition for appointment of counsel and for a stay of execution stating that he intended to pursue his federal remedies through a petition for habeas corpus. The district court appointed counsel and entered a stay of execution for 45 days. At that time, no execution date had been…