This argument proved unpersuasive to the court, and the writ was issued. One need not be a skeptic about those matters, however, to find transcendental arguments unpersuasive. The Ninth Circuit believed overall that Mandeville-Anthony's arguments were unpersuasive. His argument that doing so was double jeopardy was found unpersuasive due to the exception. "The Standard" editorial derided Yuen's reasoning as "unpersuasive". Israel raised a number of exceptions and objections, but the Court found them unpersuasive. Initially, Cicero's words proved unpersuasive. The evidence that cilia (undulipodia) are symbiotic bacteria is found unpersuasive. Other researchers, such as Dr. Mary M. Wagner of SRI International, find these comparisons unpersuasive.