Carl Wesley Thomas v. Paul Bible

Thomas, the appellant, was convicted of ten felonies arising out of skimming at the Tropicana Hotel and Casino. See United States v. DeLuna, 763 F.2d 897 (8th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 980, 106 S.Ct. 382, 88 L.Ed.2d 336 (1985). In our previous decision in this case we described him as “the ringleader, who induced, instigated, and supervised his codefendants on how to skillfully skim from the casinos.” Thomas v. Bible, unpublished disposition, 896 F.2d 555 (9th Cir.1990), affirming 694 F.Supp. 750 (D.Nev.1988). Following our affirmance of summary judgment against Thomas, the district court…