9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals,
Criminal
May 19, 2016
Federal habeas relief gone haywire?
The governor, attorney general and the state Legislature need to limit 9th Circuit interference in the outcomes of California criminal cases.
Lawrence Waddington
Neutral
JAMS
Email: waddington1@aol.com
Lawrence is a retired Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge and former assistant attorney general for the state of California. He is author of "Disorder in the Court" at Amazon.com. He also edits the 9th Circuit blog, "The 9th Circuit Watch."
A dissenting judge in the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has finally written a scathing and accurate dissent in a case and commented on repeated jurisprudential clashes between the court and the U.S. Supreme Court. United States v. Lee, 2016 DJDAR 4363 (MAY 6, 2016). Other 9th Circuit judges have previously dissented in opinions within the boundaries of submitted cases, but not always challenging decisions of the circuit in the language of Judge Sandra Ikuta.
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