Jeffrey Ford v. Fernando Gonzalez

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JEFFREY DEAN FORD,  No. 11-15430 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v.  2:05-cv-00944-

FERNANDO GONZALEZ, LKK-GGH

Respondent-Appellee.  OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Lawrence K. Karlton, Senior District Judge, Presiding

Submitted March 12, 2012* San Francisco, California

Filed July 2, 2012

Before: John T. Noonan, Jr., M. Margaret McKeown, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

Opinion by Judge Milan D. Smith, Jr.; Dissent by Judge Noonan

*The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

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COUNSEL

Marylou Hillberg, Sebastopol, California, for the petitioner- appellant.

Kamala D. Harris, Michael P. Farrell, Brian G. Smiley, Jef- frey Grant, California Department of Justice, Sacramento, California, for the respondent-appellee.

OPINION

M. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner-Appellant Jeffrey Dean Ford (Ford), a…