Case Name: Marvin Vernis SMITH, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-08-21
Citations: 797 F.3d 1186
Docket Number: No. 12-55860
Parties: Marvin Vernis SMITH, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
Judges: Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judge, and RALPH R. BEISTLINE, Chief District Judge.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 797
Pages: 1186–1186

Head Matter:
Marvin Vernis SMITH, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Raul LOPEZ, Warden, Respondent-Appellant.
No. 12-55860.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Aug. 21, 2015.
Dennis P. Riordan, Donald M. Horgan, Riordan & Horgan, San Francisco, CA, for Petitioner-Appellee.
Robin Helene Urbanski, Esquire, AGCA-Office of the Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for Respondent-Appellant.
Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Chief Judge, ANDREW D. HURWITZ, Circuit Judge, and RALPH R. BEISTLINE, Chief District Judge.
The Honorable Ralph R. Beistline, Chief District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
ORDER
In accordance with the Opinion of the Supreme Court in Lopez v. Smith, 574 U.S. -, 135 S.Ct. 1, 190 L.Ed.2d 1 (2014) (per curiam), the judgment of the district court granting Smith's petition for a writ of habeas corpus is REVERSED, and the matter is REMANDED for proceedings consistent with the Supreme Court's opinion.