United States Ninth Circuit

The district court failed to apply the standards regarding staying a mixed habeas petition, enunciated in Rhines v. Weber, 125 S.Ct. 1528 (2005), and the case is remanded to apply Rhines in the first instance.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/11/2005
• Decided 09/23/2005
• Published 09/23/2005

Judges

• Before:  REINHARDT, KOZINSKI, and BERZON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gretchen Fusilier, Carlsbad, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California, Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Brad D. Levenson, Deputy Attorney General, and Alene M. Games, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee.