Ashmus
Ashmus v. Ayers
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
5 6 TROY ADAM ASHMUS, Case No. 4:93-cv-0594-YGR Petiti eltioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. RON BROOMFIELD. WARDEN OF ORDER DISMISSING PETITION WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT SAN PREJUDICE DUE TO PETITIONER’S DEATH
QUENTIN,
Respondent a
= Counsel for Petitioner has notified the court that Petitioner died on July 20, 2020. (See Dkt.
No. 593.) The death of a habeas corpus petitioner renders the petition moot. See, e.g., Garceau v. ~ IS Woodford, 399 F.3d 1101 (Mem.) (9th Cir. Mar. 3, 2005) (citing Griffey v. Lindsey, 349 F.3d 1157
A (9th Cir. 2003) (“Because petitioner’s death renders this case moot, the petition for a writ of habeas oO corpus should be dismissed as moot.”)). See also Farmer vy. McDaniel, 692 F.3d 1052 (Mem.) (9th O a Cir. 2012) (denying petition for rehearing en banc, dismissing appeal, and remanding to the district court for dismissal of the habeas petition as moot due to petitioner’s death during appellate …