U.S. Appeals Court: EXECUTION.

Miller ex rel. Jones v. Stewart, 231 F.3d 1248(9th Cir. 2000). An attorney with a county public defenders officer moved to proceed as next friend to stay the execution of a prisoner who had declined to seek federal habeas corpus relief and refused to be represented by an attorney in doing so. The district court denied the motion and dismissed the habeas petition, but issued a certificate of appealability. The attorney appealed and requested a stay of...