Whalen v. Warden of San Quentin

Filing 54

ORDER Directing the United States Marshal to Pay Deposition Fees and Expenses signed by Chief Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill on 02/28/2017. (Flores, E)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DANIEL LEE WHALEN,

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Petitioner,
v.
WARDEN, California State Prison at San
Quentin,

Case No. 1:14-cv-01865-LJO-SAB
DEATH PENALTY CASE
ORDER DIRECTING THE UNITED STATES
MARSHAL TO PAY DEPOSITION FEES
AND EXPENSES
(Doc. No. 53)

Respondent.

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Before the Court is the application of Petitioner’s appointed counsel, Assistant Federal

18 Defenders Jennifer Mann and Brian Abbington, for payment of fees and expenses relating to
19 the upcoming oral deposition of fact (mitigation) witness Judy Evans (Petitioner’s sister),
20 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sections 3006A and 1825. See Guide to Judiciary Policy, Volume 7A §§
21 320.40.10, 320.40.20; Guide to Case Management and Budgeting in Capital Habeas Cases
22 Eastern District of California-Fresno Division, ¶ 65.
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On February 3, 2017, the Court issued an order granting the parties’ joint request to

24 temporarily lift the exhaustion stay in effect in these proceedings for the limited purpose of
25 preservation of Ms. Evans’s testimony by oral deposition including Petitioner’s issuance of
26 notice of deposition and deposition subpoena. Therein, the Court determined that Ms. Evans’s
27 expected testimony is material to Petitioner’s unexhausted allegations of ineffective assistance
28 of counsel at the penalty phase, included in his federal petition.
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Petitioner states that pursuant to agreement of the parties, Ms. Evans’s deposition is

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2 scheduled for March 15, 2017 in Sacramento, California. Petitioner states his intention that
3 Ms. Evans fly from her home in Michigan to Sacramento on March, 12, 2017 with a return
4 flight on March 17, 2017, in order that Ms. Evans have sufficient time to recover from the
5 exertions of travel and the deposition. Petitioner states that consistent with the instruction of
6 Ms. Evans’s doctor that she travel with a companion in case her illness manifests, Petitioner
7 intends that Federal Defender Investigator Carlos Escobedo accompany her on both legs of her
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Accordingly, the United States Marshal is DIRECTED to pay fees and expenses

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10 including airfare, lodging and meals under 28 U.S.C. § 1825 for the appearance of Judy Evans
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12 from Michigan to Sacramento and back to Michigan.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated:

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February 28, 2017

/s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____
UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

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The Federal Defender’s Office has agreed to arrange for and pay the cost of Mr. Escobedo’s flight from

28 Sacramento to Michigan on March 11, 2017 and from Michigan to Sacramento on March 18, 2017.
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