Medina v. Chappell, s. 09–99015

• Decision Date: 16 April 2015
• Docket Number: Nos. 09–99015,09–99016.,s. 09–99015
• Citation: 782 F.3d 1115 (Mem)
• Parties: Teofilo MEDINA, Jr., Petitioner–Appellant, v. Kevin CHAPPELL, Warden, Respondent–Appellee. Teofilo Medina, Jr., Petitioner–Appellant, v. R.K. Wong, Respondent–Appellee.
• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Ninth Circuit

782 F.3d 1115 (Mem)

Teofilo MEDINA, Jr., Petitioner–Appellant

v.Kevin CHAPPELL, Warden, Respondent–Appellee.

Teofilo Medina, Jr., Petitioner–Appellant

v.R.K. Wong, Respondent–Appellee.

Nos. 09–99015

09–99016.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 16, 2015.

Robert Bruce Amidon, Esquire, Robert B. Amidon, A Law Corp., Tarzana, CA, Wayne Carson Tobin, I, Esquire, Law Office of Wayne C. Tobin, Newbury Park, CA, Mark Raymond Drozdowski, Esquire, Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner–Appellant.

Holly D. Wilkens, Esquire, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent–Appellee.

Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

ORDER

In light of Petitioner's death, we vacate the opinion filed March 26, 2015 as moot, and remand to the district court with instructions to dismiss the habeas petitions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.