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315 F.3d 1062

Docket Nos. 00-99005, 00-99006.

Fields v. Woodford

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 2001.

Filed Feb. 22, 2002.

Amended Oct. 23, 2002.

Further Amended Dec. 30, 2002.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2002-02-22

Cited by 17 later decisions — most recently March 2016

11 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“); Tobias v. Smith, 468 F.Supp. 1287, 1289-90 (W.D.N.Y.1979) (jury foreperson said”

quoted by 1 later decision, including Fields v. Woodford

Relies on United States of America v. Rex Henley Rafael Bustamante Willie McGowan Garey West · Fields v. Woodford · 468 F. Supp. 1287 - Tobias v. Smith

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Decided 2002-02-22

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¶1David S. Olson, Agapay, Levyn & Hailing, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant-cross-appellee.

¶2Carol Frederick Jorstad, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee-cross-appellant.

¶3Before: KOZINSKI, RYMER and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

¶4Opinion by Judge RYMER; Concurrence by Judge SILVERMAN.

¶5ORDER

¶6The amended opinion filed October 23, 2002 [309 F.3d 1095], is further amended as follows.

¶7Slip opinion at 23 [309 F.3d at 1107]: Replace Part II.C with the following:

Fields’s claim that several of the jurors were racially prejudiced against him fails for lack of any substantial evi*1063dence. Even assuming that the declarations upon which he relies are admissible, they are vague and speculative; they do not show that any racist statements were made. Cf, e.g., United States v. Henley, 238 F.3d 1111, 1120-21 (9th Cir.2001) (juror reportedly said something to the effect that “the niggers are guilty”); Tobias v. Smith, 468 F.Supp. 1287, 1289-90 (W.D.N.Y.1979) (jury foreperson said “[yjou can’t tell one black from another.”).
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