TAK SUN TAN v. RUNNELS

Nos. 04-55775, 04-55792 and 04-55815.

413 F.3d 1101 (2005)

TAK SUN TAN, Petitioner-Appellee, v. David L. RUNNELS, Warden; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Respondents-Appellants. Indra Lim, Petitioner-Appellee, v. David L. Runnels, Warden; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General State of California, Respondents-Appellants. Jason Feng Chan, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Cheryl K. Pliler, Warden, Respondent Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 7, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Victoria B. Wilson, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellants.

Janyce Keiko Imata Blair, El Segundo, CA, for the petitioners-appellees.

David H. Goodwin, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioners-appellees.

Before: SCHROEDER, Chief Judge, PREGERSON, and TROTT, Circuit Judges.


TROTT, Circuit Judge:

Wardens Runnels and Pliler appeal the district court's decision to grant Jason Feng Chan's, Tak Sun Tan's, and Indra Lim's ("petitioners") petitions for habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In ruling in favor of the petitioners, the district court — purporting to apply the standard of review required by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) — found fault with the California Court of Appeal's decision...

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