Bobby Joe Knight v. PAM AHLIN, Executive Director

FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
BOBBY JOE KNIGHT,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v.
PAM AHLIN, Executive
Director,
Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-56211
D.C. No.
2:10-cv-00039-CAS-RZ
ORDER WITHDRAWING
OPINION AND
DISMISSING APPEAL
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Central District of California
Christina A. Snyder, District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted
February 14, 2013—Pasadena, California
Original opinion filed March 13, 2013
Opinion withdrawn May 21, 2013
Before: Alfred T. Goodwin, Andrew J. Kleinfeld, and Barry
G. Silverman, Circuit Judges.
Order

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KNIGHT V. AHLIN 2
COUNSEL
Matthew B. Larsen, Deputy Federal Public Defender, Los
Angeles, California, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Patrick D. Moran and Shirley S.N. Sun, Deputy District
Attorneys, Los Angeles, California, for Respondent-Appellee.
ORDER
The parties’ joint motion to dismiss the appeal is
GRANTED. Because there has ceased to be a case or
controversy before this court, we DISMISS the appeal,
VACATE the judgment below, and REMAND with
directions to dismiss. See Log Cabin Republicans v. United
States, 658 F.3d 1162, 1167–68 (9th Cir. 2011). The petitions
for rehearing and requests for rehearing en banc are DENIED
as moot.
The Opinion filed March 13, 2013, and appearing at
709 F.3d 1296 (9th Cir. 2013), is WITHDRAWN. It may not
be cited as precedent by or to this court or any district court of
the Ninth Circuit.
VACATED AND REMANDED WITH DIRECTIONS
TO DISMISS.

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