No. 25A963

Tauno Waidla v. Christopher Pierce, Warden

Lower Court: Ninth Circuit
Docketed: 2026-03-03
Status: Application
Type: A
Tags: capital-habeas due-process judicial-retirement ninth-circuit-practice panel-reconstitution penalty-phase-relief
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Ninth Circuit's practice of reconstituting a panel with a replacement judge after a panelist's departure, permitting withdrawal and reversal of a published opinion based on the new judge's disagreement with the original majority's analysis, violates the Due Process Clause or constitutes an abuse of judicial authority in capital cases

Docket Entries

2026-03-03
Application (25A963) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 21, 2026.
2026-02-26
Application (25A963) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 22, 2026 to May 21, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Tauno Waidla
Marta Maria VanLandinghamOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner