Smith v. Lopez

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Aug. 21, 2015.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 2015-08-21

Cited by 9 later decisions — most recently January 2022

1 federal appellate · 1 district ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on 135 S. Ct. 1 - Lopez v. Smith

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Decided 2015-08-21

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¶1Dennis P. Riordan, Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

¶2Robin Helene Urbanski, Esquire, AGCA-Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellant.

¶3Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judge, and RALPH R. BEISTLINE,* Chief District Judge.

¶5ORDER

¶6In accordance with the Opinion of the Supreme Court in Lopez v. Smith, 574 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 1, 190 L.Ed.2d 1 (2014) (per curiam), the judgment of the district court granting Smith’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus is REVERSED, and the matter is REMANDED for proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court’s opinion.