Richard Stokley v. Charles Ryan
Opinion
Opinion
FILED
FOR PUBLICATION NOV 15 2012
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
U.S . CO UR T OF AP PE A LS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
RICHARD DALE STOKLEY, No. 09-99004
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 4:98-CV-00332-FRZ District of Arizona, v. Tucson
CHARLES L. RYAN,
ORDER
Respondent - Appellee.
Before: McKEOWN, PAEZ, and BEA, Circuit Judges.
Richard Dale Stoµley, a state prisoner, was sentenced to death in 1992 for
the murders of two 13-year-old girls. After pursuing direct review and post-
conviction relief in the Arizona state courts, he filed a habeas petition in federal
district court, which was denied on March 17, 2009. Stoµley's appeal from that
decision was denied by this court in Stoµley v. Ryan, 659 F.3d 802 (9th Cir. 2011).
On October 1, 2012, the Supreme Court denied Stoµley's petition for certiorari.
Stoµley v. Ryan, No. 11-10249, 2012 WL 1643921 (Oct. 1, 2012). Stoµley now
asµs this court to stay issuance of the mandate on the ground that the Supreme
Court's holding in Maples v. Thomas, 132 S. Ct. 912 (2012),…