FILED
FOR PUBLICATION JUL 18 2014
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U.S. COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
JOSEPH RUDOLPH WOOD, III, No. 08-99003
Petitioner - Appellant, D.C. No. 4:98-CV-00053-JMR
District of Arizona,
v. Tucson
CHARLES L. RYAN, interim Director,
Arizona Department of Corrections, ORDER
Respondent - Appellee.
Before: WARDLAW, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay
of Execution. Because the three-judge panel consisting of Judges Thomas, Gould,
and Bybee has jurisdiction over Appeal No. 08-99003 and petitioner’s execution is
not “imminent,” the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay of
Execution is referred to the Clerk for determination by the three-judge panel. See
Cir. R. 22-2(c) (“Once a case is assigned to a death penalty panel, the panel will
handle all matters pertaining to the case . . . .”); Cir. R. 22-4(e) (“In all capital cases
where petitioner seeks a stay of execution, the Clerk shall refer any motion for a
stay of execution to the death penalty panel.”).
IT IS SO ORDERED.
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