Case Name: Robert Frederick GARCEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeanne S. WOODFORD, Warden, of San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-03-03
Citations: 399 F.3d 1101
Docket Number: No. 99-99022
Parties: Robert Frederick GARCEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeanne S. WOODFORD, Warden, of San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before O’SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 399
Pages: 1101–1101

Head Matter:
Robert Frederick GARCEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jeanne S. WOODFORD, Warden, of San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 99-99022.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted March 24, 2004.
Filed March 3, 2005.
Lynne S. Coffin, Coffin & Love, San Francisco, CA, for the petitioner-appellant.
Clayton S. Tanaka, Deputy Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for the respondent-appellee.
Before O’SCANNLAIN, TASHIMA, and THOMAS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
The Supreme Court reversed our prior judgment and remanded this case for us to determine the effect of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 on this case. See Woodford v. Garceau, 538 U.S. 202, 210, 123 S.Ct. 1398, 155 L.Ed.2d 363 (2003). After supplemental briefing after remand, oral argument, and submission of the case for decision, petitioner Robert Frederick Garceau died on December 29, 2004.
Because petitioner's death renders this case moot, the petition for a writ of habeas corpus should be dismissed as moot. See Griffey v. Lindsey, 349 F.3d 1157 (9th Cir.2003). This case is therefore remanded to the district court with instructions to dismiss the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
REMANDED with instructions.