Ashmus v. Ayers

1 2 3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 5 6 TROY ADAM ASHMUS, Case No. 4:93-cv-0594-YGR 7 Petiti eltioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE 8 v. 9 RON BROOMFIELD. WARDEN OF ORDER DISMISSING PETITION WITH 0 CALIFORNIA STATE PRISON AT SAN PREJUDICE DUE TO PETITIONER’S DEATH QUENTIN, Respondent a 12 = 13 Counsel for Petitioner has notified the court that Petitioner died on July 20, 2020. (See Dkt. No. 593.) The death of a habeas corpus petitioner renders the petition moot. See, e.g., Garceau v. ~ IS Woodford,

399 F.3d 1101

(Mem.) (9th Cir. Mar. 3, 2005) (citing Griffey v. Lindsey,

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