Lenart v. Ornoski

Filing 123

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Carolyn K. Delaney on 07/08/13 ordering by the stipulation of the parties and for good cause shown, contingent upon this court's granting of an evidentiary hearing on claim 1 and/or claim 22 and/or claim 38 and/ or claim 40 and/or claim 41 of the amended petition for writ of habeas corpus, petitioner's motion to stipulate to the declarations of Ms. Flora Mortell, Ms. Claudean Watkins and Mr. E.C. Eddings 105 , attachments 14, 15, 7, and 8) in lieu of live testimony is granted and the declarations may be admitted as evidence not subject to objection on hearsay or foundational grounds as if the witness had testified at the evidentiary hearing. (Plummer, M)

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HEATHER E. WILLIAMS, Bar No. 122664
LISSA J. GARDNER, New Mexico Bar No. 9429
Assistant Federal Defender
801 I Street, 3rd Floor
Sacramento, California 95814
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
WESLEY A. VAN WINKLE, Bar No. 129907
2709 Dana Street
Berkeley, California 94705-1137
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Petitioner,
THOMAS HOWARD LENART

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KAMALA D. HARRIS, Bar No. 146672
Attorney General of California
ERIC L. CHRISTOFFERSEN, Bar No. 186094
Supervising Deputy Attorney General
JESSE WITT, Bar No. 99587
Deputy Attorney General
1300 I Street, Suite 125
P. O. Box 944255
Sacramento, California 94244-2550
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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THOMAS HOWARD LENART,

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Petitioner,

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v.
KEVIN A. CHAPPELL, Warden,
Respondent.

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No. 2:05-cv-01912-MCE-CKD
DEATH PENALTY CASE
ORDER

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By the stipulation of the parties and for good cause shown, contingent upon this Court’s granting of
an evidentiary hearing on Claim 1 and/or Claim 22 and/or Claim 38 and/or Claim 40 and/or Claim 41 of

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the Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, Petitioner’s motion to stipulate to the declarations of

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Ms. Flora Mortell, Ms. Claudean Watkins, and Mr. E. C. Eddings (ECF No. 105, Attachments 14, 15, 7,

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and 8), in lieu of live testimony is GRANTED and the declarations may be admitted as evidence not

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subject to objection on hearsay or foundational grounds as if the witness had testified at the evidentiary

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hearing.

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Dated: July 8, 2013
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CAROLYN K. DELANEY
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE