COOPER v. NEWSOM

No. 18-16547.

13 F.4th 857 (2021)

Kevin COOPER; Albert Greenwood Brown; Ronald Lee Deere; Robert G. Fairbank; Anthony J. Sully, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Gavin NEWSOM; Scott Kernan, Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation; Ronald Davis, Warden of San Quentin State Prison, Defendants-Appellees, v. San Bernardino County District Attorney; San Mateo County District Attorney; Riverside County District Attorney, Applicants in Intervention; Proposed Intervenors, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Brown (argued), Chief Deputy District Attorney; James R. Second , Deputy District Attorney; Jason Anderson , District Attorney; District Attorney's Office, San Bernardino, California; Michael A. Hestrin , District Attorney; Ivy B. Fitzpatrick , Managing Deputy District Attorney; Office of the District Attorney, Riverside, California; Stephen M. Wagstaffe , District Attorney, Redwood City, California; for Movants-Appellants.

John R. Grele (argued), Law Office of John R. Grele, San Francisco, California; David A. Senior , Sara Cobbra , and Ann K. Tria , McBreen & Senior, Los Angeles, California; Norman C. Hile , Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Sacramento, California; Richard P. Steinken , Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois; Margo Rocconi , Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, California; for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Misha D. Igra (argued), Supervising Deputy Attorney General; Monica N. Anderson , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Sacramento, California; for Defendants-Appellees.

Dissent by Judge VanDyke.


OPINION

In 2006, California death row inmate Michael Morales brought suit in federal district court against the Governor of California, the Secretary of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ("CDCR"), and the Warden of San Quentin State Prison. Morales sought a stay of execution on the...

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