SESSOMS v. GROUNDS

No. 08-17790.

776 F.3d 615 (2014)

Tio Dinero SESSOMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Randy GROUNDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 22, 2014.

Amended January 23, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Weaver (argued), Albany, CA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeffrey Firestone (argued), Deputy Attorney General; Kamala D. Harris , Attorney General of California; Michael P. Farrell , Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Charles A. French , Supervising Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Peter C. Pfaffenroth , HL Rogers and Brian A. Fox , Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Haddad and Douglas A. Axel , Sidley Austin LLP, Los Angeles, CA; and David M. Porter , Office of the Federal Defender, Sacramento, CA, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Order; Opinion by Judge McKeown; Dissent by Chief Judge Kozinski; Dissent by Judge Callahan; Dissent by Judge Murguia.


ORDER

The opinion filed on September 22, 2014, is amended. The amended opinion is filed concurrently with this order.

With these amendments, the panel has voted to deny the petition for rehearing.

The petition for rehearing is DENIED. No further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc will be entertained.

OPINION

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