CREECH v. RICHARDSON

No. 10-99015.

40 F.4th 1013 (2022)

Thomas E. CREECH, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tim RICHARDSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonah J. Horwitz (argued), Bruce D. Livingston , and Teresa A. Hampton , Federal Defender Services of Idaho, Capital Habeas Unit, Boise, Idaho; Denise Young , Tucson, Arizona; for Petitioner-Appellant.

L. LaMont Anderson (argued), Chief, Capital Litigation Unit; Lawrence G. Wasden , Attorney General; Attorney General's Office, Boise, Idaho; for Respondent-Appellee.

Before: William A. Fletcher, Jay S. Bybee, and Morgan Christen, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Petitioner-Appellant Thomas Eugene Creech appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In 1981, while serving two life sentences for multiple convictions of first-degree murder, Creech beat a fellow inmate to death. After pleading guilty, he was sentenced to death...

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