9th Circuit panel for Prop 8 appeal won’t be known for months

Law.com: “The appeal of Chief Judge Vaughn Walker’s Aug. 4 ruling hasn’t yet been assigned to a merits panel, said Circuit Executive Cathy Catterson. The court typically assigns cases about three months before argument, Catterson said. It won’t be publicly revealed which 9th Circuit judges will hear the case until a week before oral argument, set for the week of Dec. 6 . . .”