Marcos Palomar v. Madden

Filing 22

ORDER GRANTING 21 Petitioner's Motion Requesting to File a Supplement to Traverse signed by Magistrate Judge Stanley A. Boone on 12/30/2015. Supplemental Traverse due within thirty (30) days. (Jessen, A)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MARCOS PALOMAR,

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S
MOTION REQUESTING TO FILE A
SUPPLEMENT TO TRAVERSE

Petitioner,

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Case No. 1:15-cv-01279-DAD-SAB-HC

RAYMOND MADDEN,

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(ECF No. 21)

Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
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On December 18, 2015, Petitioner filed his traverse, which requested that the Court

20 construe the attached state court appellate brief (prepared by counsel on direct appeal) as his
21 traverse. (ECF No. 14). On December 28, 2015, Petitioner filed the instant motion requesting to
22 file a supplement to his traverse. (ECF No. 21). Petitioner indicates that he is being assisted by
23 another inmate in this matter due to his lack of knowledge of the law and his limited English
24 abilities. Petitioner argues that in order to adequately respond to the fifty-page answer filed by
25 Respondent, he needs to be afforded the opportunity to strengthen and further develop the
26 arguments set forth in the traverse.
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Good cause having been presented to the Court,

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion requesting to file a supplemental

3 traverse is GRANTED. Petitioner shall file his supplemental traverse within THIRTY (30) days
4 of the date of service of this order.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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December 30, 2015
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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