FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

TEOFILO MEDINA, JR., No. 09-99015 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:94-CV-01892- RSWL KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

TEOFILO MEDINA, JR., No. 09-99016 Petitioner-Appellant, D.C. No. v. 2:97-CV-07062- RSWL R. K. WONG, Respondent-Appellee. ORDER

Filed April 16, 2015 Before: Sidney R. Thomas, Chief Judge, and Kim McLane Wardlaw, and Marsha S. Berzon, Circuit Judges.

2 MEDINA V. CHAPPELL ORDER In light of Petitioner’s death, we vacate the opinion filed March 26, 2015 as moot, and remand to the district court with instructions to dismiss the habeas petitions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.