Ronald Lee Deere v. Vince Cullen

Filing 407

JUDGMENT POST-MANDATE by Judge Christina A. Snyder: The Court Orders that the First Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 95 is DENIED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the Petition is denied with prejudice and judgment is entered in favor of Respondent and against Petitioner. The Order constitutes final disposition of the Petition by the Court. (gk)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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RONALD LEE DEERE,

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Petitioner,

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v.
KEVIN CHAPPELL,* Warden of
California State Prison at San
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Respondent.

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CASE NO. CV 92-1684 CAS

DEATH PENALTY CASE
JUDGMENT POST-MANDATE

On June 3, 2013, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

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issued an order “revers[ing] the district court’s grant of the petition for writ of

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habeas corpus on the ineffective assistance of counsel claim relating to the lack of

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a competency hearing, affirm[ing] the district court’s denial of the petition on all

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other grounds and remand[ing] for the district court to deny the petition for writ of

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habeas corpus.” Deere v. Cullen, 718 F.3d 1124, 1152 (9th Cir. 2013) (footnote

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and capitalization omitted). Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari before

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the United States Supreme Court, and the Court denied certiorari on October 6,

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Kevin Chappell is substituted for his predecessors as Warden of California State Prison
at San Quentin pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 25(d).

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2014. On October 7, 2014, the Mandate of the Court of Appeals issued, ordering

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that its judgment of June 3, 2013 took effect on that date.

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Accordingly, the Court Orders that the First Amended Petition for Writ of

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Habeas Corpus is DENIED. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that

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the Petition is denied with prejudice and judgment is entered in favor of

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Respondent and against Petitioner. The Order constitutes final disposition of the

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Petition by the Court.

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The Clerk is ordered to enter this judgment.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: October 20, 2014.

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CHRISTINA A. SNYDER
United States District Judge

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