RICHARD STOKLEY V. CHARLES RYAN, No. 09-99004 (9th Cir. 2012)

Court Description: Habeas Corpus/Death Penalty. Judge Thomas, as Capital Case and En Banc Coordinator, issued an amended order denying a petition for rehearing en banc. Judge Reinhardt dissented from the denial of rehearing en banc, joined by Judges Pregerson, Wardlaw, W. Fletcher, Fisher, Paez and Berzon, because the panel, without proper briefing, made a number of serious errors due to a perceived need to resolve several important issues arising out of the recently-decided Maples v. Thomas, 132 S. Ct. 912 (2012). Judge Reinhardt would have granted en banc review to decide: whether a court

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