FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

JOSEPH RUDOLPH WOOD, III, No. 08-99003 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 4:98-CV-00053- JMR CHARLES L. RYAN, interim Director, Arizona Department of Corrections, ORDER Respondent-Appellee.

Filed July 18, 2014 Before: Kim McLane Wardlaw, Circuit Judge.

ORDER WARDLAW, Circuit Judge: Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay of Execution. Because the three-judge panel consisting of Judges Thomas, Gould, and Bybee has jurisdiction over Appeal No. 08-99003 and petitioner’s execution is not “imminent,” the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Stay of Execution is referred to the Clerk for determination by the three-judge panel. See Cir. R. 22-2(c) (“Once a case is assigned to a death penalty panel, the panel will handle all matters pertaining to the case . . . .”); 2 WOOD V. RYAN Cir. R. 22-4(e) (“In all capital cases where petitioner seeks a stay of execution, the Clerk shall refer any motion for a stay of execution to the death penalty panel.”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.