Lyle Menendez v. C.A. Terhune, in His Capacity as Head of the California Department of Corrections, Erik Galen Menendez v. Glen A. Mueller Attorney General of the State of California

422 F.3d 1012 Lyle MENENDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C.A. TERHUNE, in his capacity as head of the California Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee. Erik Galen Menendez, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Glen A. Mueller; Attorney General of the State of California, Respondents-Appellees. No. 03-55863. No. 03-56023. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted February 17, 2005. Filed September 7, 2005. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Cliff Gardner, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant. Lawrence A. Gibbs, Berkeley, CA, for the petitioner-appellant. Kenneth C. Byrne, Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California; Manuel L. Real, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. Nos. CV-00-02359-MLR, CV-99-08552-R. Before: KOZINSKI, TROTT, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges. OPINION TROTT, Circuit Judge. INTRODUCTION 1 In this consolidated appeal, Lyle and Erik Menendez 1 appeal the district court's denial of their petitions for habeas corpus. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253 (c), we granted a certificate…