9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Aug. 19, 2021
9th Circuit judge accuses colleagues of going on a 'bizarre and gratuitous frolic'
9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke lashed out at his colleagues even after a panel majority reversed themselves to reject a habeas petition for a murderer.
9th Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke lashed out at his colleagues even after a panel majority reversed themselves to reject a habeas petition for a murderer.
The panel had initially granted the petition over a dissent by Judge Ryan D. Nelson but changed their mind in a June decision.
Nelson expressed satisfaction, but VanDyke -- an appointee of President Donald Trump -- accused Senior 9th Circuit Judge William A. Fletcher of trying to sneak in "binding dicta" and of goi...
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