223 F.3d 959 (9th Cir. 2000) MITCHELL ALFRED PATTERSON, Petitioner-Appellant,v.JAMES H. GOMEZ, Director, Respondent-Appellee. No. 99-15530 Office of the Circuit Executive U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Argued and Submitted December 10, 1999–San Francisco, CaliforniaFiled August 16, 2000 [Copyrighted Material Omitted] Charles M. Bonneau, Sacramento, California, for the petitioner-appellant. Stan Cross, Deputy Attorney […]