Legal Opinion
Robert Lee Massie, by and Through Michael A. Kroll, Next Friend v. Jeanne S. Woodford, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 25, 2001No. 01-99002PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
Michael A. Kroll appeals after the district court denied his motions to proceed as “next friend” for, and stay the execution of, Robert Lee Massie, a California prisoner whose execution is scheduled for March 27, 2001 at 12:01 a.m. After carefully reviewing all the papers before us and hearing oral argument by phone, we affirm the district court’s judgment and deny a stay of execution.
Robert Lee Massie was convicted and sentenced to death for the January 3, 1979 murder of Boris Naumoff. See People v. Massie, 19 Cal.4th 550, 79 Cal.Rptr.2d 816, 967 P.2d 29 (1998). Whether Massie’s…
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