Case Name: Samuel Villegas LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janice K. BREWER, Governor of Arizona; Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Ron Credio, Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Eyman; Lance R. Hetmer, named as: Lance Hetmer/Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Florence; Unknown Parties, named as: IV Team Leader; IV Team Members 1-5; Special Operations Team Leader; Special Operations Team Recorder; Special Operations Team Members 1-5; and Does 1-25, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-05-18
Citations: 680 F.3d 1084
Docket Number: No. 12-16084
Parties: Samuel Villegas LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janice K. BREWER, Governor of Arizona; Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Ron Credio, Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Eyman; Lance R. Hetmer, named as: Lance Hetmer/Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Florence; Unknown Parties, named as: IV Team Leader; IV Team Members 1-5; Special Operations Team Leader; Special Operations Team Recorder; Special Operations Team Members 1-5; and Does 1-25, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judge and Capital Case Coordinator.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 680
Pages: 1084–1096

Head Matter:
Samuel Villegas LOPEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Janice K. BREWER, Governor of Arizona; Charles L. Ryan, Director, Arizona Department of Corrections; Ron Credio, Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Eyman; Lance R. Hetmer, named as: Lance Hetmer/Warden, Arizona Department of Corrections-Florence; Unknown Parties, named as: IV Team Leader; IV Team Members 1-5; Special Operations Team Leader; Special Operations Team Recorder; Special Operations Team Members 1-5; and Does 1-25, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-16084.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
May 18, 2012.
Dale A. Baich, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Robin C. Konrad, Esquire, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, Kelley J. Henry, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender, Nashville, TN, Denise Irene Young, Denise I. Young, Tucson, AZ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Kent Ernest Cattani, Chief Counsel, Michael E. Gottfried, Jeffrey A. Zick, Esquire, Assistant Attorney General, Arizona Attorney General’s Office, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees.
D.C. No. 2:12-cv-00245-NVW, District of Arizona, Phoenix.
Before: SIDNEY R. THOMAS, Circuit Judge and Capital Case Coordinator.

Opinion:
Order; Concurrence by Chief Judge KOZINSKI; Dissent by Judge PREGERSON; Dissent by Judge REINHARDT.
AMENDED ORDER
A panel of this Court issued an opinion affirming the district court's denial of petitioner's motion for a preliminary injunction and denying his motion for a stay of execution. Petitioner filed a petition for rehearing and rehearing en banc. The Warden elected not to file an optional response.
Pursuant to the rules applicable to capital cases when an execution date has been scheduled, a deadline was established by which any judge could request a vote on whether the panel's opinion should be reheard en banc. A judge timely requested a vote on the petition for rehearing en banc. A majority of the judges eligible to vote did not vote in favor of rehearing en banc. Judges Ikuta, Murguia, and Nguyen were recused.
Therefore, the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is DENIED. En banc proceedings with respect to the panel opinion are concluded.