Franklin v. Kernan

Filing 134

ORDER signed by Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 3/26/14: Evidentiary Hearing set for 6/16/2014 at 09:00 AM in Courtroom 3 (KJM) before Judge Kimberly J. Mueller. (Kaminski, H)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL E. FRANKLIN,

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Petitioner,

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Civ. No. S-05-304 KJM

v.

ORDER

WARDEN, Mule Creek State Prison1,

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Respondent.

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This case was on calendar on March 20, 2014 for a status conference. Robert

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Bacon appeared for petitioner; David Eldridge and Catherine Nieto appeared for respondent.

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The court granted respondent’s motion to exclude Robert Zernich’s testimony

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about the extensive public interest in and conversation about the Franklin trial in Plumas County,

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at least as part of petitioner’s case-in-chief. It also denied petitioner’s motion in limine to exclude

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James Reichle’s testimony as moot after respondent said he would not call Reichle. The court

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deferred ruling on the others motions until hearing.
The case is set for evidentiary hearing on June 16, 2014 at 9:00 a.m. in Courtroom

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Three.
IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: March 26, 2014.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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The court substitutes petitioner’s current custodian as the respondent in this case. FED. R. CIV.
P. 25(D).
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