Case Name: Stevie Lamar FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-02-22
Citations: 315 F.3d 1062
Docket Number: Nos. 00-99005, 00-99006
Parties: Stevie Lamar FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
Judges: Before: KOZINSKI, RYMER and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 315
Pages: 1062–1063

Head Matter:
Stevie Lamar FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, v. Jeanne WOODFORD, Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent-Appellee-Cross-Appellant.
Nos. 00-99005, 00-99006.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted Dec. 6, 2001.
Filed Feb. 22, 2002.
Amended Oct. 23, 2002.
Further Amended Dec. 30, 2002.
David S. Olson, Agapay, Levyn & Hailing, Los Angeles, CA, for the petitioner-appellant-cross-appellee.
Carol Frederick Jorstad, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondent-appellee-cross-appellant.
Before: KOZINSKI, RYMER and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Opinion by Judge RYMER; Concurrence by Judge SILVERMAN.
ORDER
The amended opinion filed October 23, 2002 [309 F.3d 1095], is further amended as follows.
Slip opinion at 23 [309 F.3d at 1107]: Replace Part II.C with the following:
Fields's claim that several of the jurors were racially prejudiced against him fails for lack of any substantial evi dence. Even assuming that the declarations upon which he relies are admissible, they are vague and speculative; they do not show that any racist statements were made. Cf, e.g., United States v. Henley, 238 F.3d 1111, 1120-21 (9th Cir.2001) (juror reportedly said something to the effect that "the niggers are guilty"); Tobias v. Smith, 468 F.Supp. 1287, 1289-90 (W.D.N.Y.1979) (jury foreperson said "[yjou can't tell one black from another.").