Case No. 09- ____ _________________________________________

INTHESUPREMECOURTOFTHEUNITEDSTATES

____________________ RICHARD I. FINE,Petitioner,v.SHERIFF OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY,Respondent. ______________ On Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpusto the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ______________

PETITIONFORSTAYOFEXECUTIONOFSENTENCEOF“COERCIVECONFINEMENT”

______________ RICHARD I. FINE

In Pro Per

Prisoner ID 1824367c/o Men’s Central Jail441 Bauchet StreetLos Angeles, CA 90012(310) 638-2825 (messages)

TABLEOFAUTHORITIESCases

In Re Farr,36 Cal.App.3

577, 580 (1974) ..............................................................................1, 4In Re William T. Farr,64 Cal.App.3

605, 610 (1976) ..............................................................................1, 4In Re Richard Isaac Fine, Esq.,Ninth Circuit Case No. 09-80130.............................................................................. 2Richard I. Fine v. Sheriff of Los Angeles County,USDC Case CV-09-1914, 9

Cir. Case 09-56073(the "underlying" case) .................................................................................... passimRichard I. Fine v. State Bar of California,US S.Ct. Case No. 08-1573 ....................................................................................... 2Sturgeon v. County of Los Angeles,167 Cal.App.4

630 (2008) .........................................................................................2

Statutes

California Pubic Resources Code ................................................................................. 3

OtherAuthorities

California Senate Bill SBX2-11.................................................................................... 2

ConstitutionalProvisions

California Constitution, Article VI, Sec. 19................................................................. 2U.S. Constitution - First Amendment.......................................................................... 2

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OPINIONBELOW

Orders of the Ninth Circuit dated August 12, August 26, September 15, andSeptember 23, 2009, denying, without giving reasons, Petitioner Richard I. Fine’s(hereinafter “Fine”) unopposed motions to be released from incarceration pendingdecision on appeal, and precluding Fine from filing a motion for reconsideration orany further motions to be set free.

CONSTITUTIONALANDSTATUTORYPROVISIONS

California Pubic Resources CodeSenate Bill SBX2-11California Constitution, Article VI, Section 19U.S. Constitution - First Amendment

PETITION

U.S. Supreme Court precedent exists for a stay of execution of sentencein cases of "coercive incarceration" issued by a California superior court in acontempt proceeding for the refusal to answer questions while the writ of habeascorpus proceeds through the Federal Court system. In the writ of habeas corpuscase of

William T. Farr v. Superior Court

, Justice William O. Douglas stayed theexecution of sentence imposed by the Los Angeles Superior Court for contempt forrefusing to answer questions after Farr had been in coercive incarceration for 45days pending the disposition of his review in the Ninth Circuit without his havinganswered the questions. (See

In Re Farr

, 36 Cal.App.3rd 577, 580 (1974) and

In Re William T. Farr

on habeas corpus, 64 Cal.App.3d 605, 610 (1976).)