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BENSON v. TERHUNE

No. 01-16833.

304 F.3d 874 (2002)

Jane Ellyn BENSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Cal TERHUNE, Director; Susan E. Poole, Warden, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 11, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald L. Lipmanson, Navarro, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.

Gregory A. Ott, Deputy Attorney General, San Francisco, CA, for the respondent-appellee.

Before SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, FISHER and PAEZ, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

FISHER, Circuit Judge.

California state prisoner Jane Ellyn Benson appeals the district court's denial of her petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging her 1988 jury trial conviction for second degree murder with a firearm and her 17-years-to-life sentence. Benson contends that while she was in jail before and during her trial, the jail staff medicated her with mind-altering psychotropic and other drugs without her informed consent, thereby...

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