Hill v. Biter

Filing 53

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd on 03/16/15 ordering petitioner's proposed substitution of counsel is granted. Joseph J. Wiseman is substituted for Donald T. Bergerson as attorney of record for petitioner in this case. Petitioner shall file a traverse within 60 days of the filed date of this order, absent further order of court. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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CERON HILL,

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Petitioner,

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No. 2:12-cv-2098 MCE DAD P

v.

ORDER

MARTIN D. BITER,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for a writ of

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habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent filed an answer to the petition on

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February 13, 2014. Thereafter, petitioner’s counsel of record requested and received extensions

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of time to file a traverse. Despite the granting of extensions of time, no traverse was filed.

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Petitioner has now submitted a proposed substitution of counsel to which his current counsel of

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record has stipulated. (Doc. No. 52.) The proposed substitution of counsel will be allowed and

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petitioner’s new counsel will be granted sixty days within which to file a traverse. After the

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traverse is filed, this matter will stand submitted for decision.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Petitioner’s proposed substitution of counsel is granted. Joseph J. Wiseman, CSBN

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107403, Wiseman Law Group, 1477 Drew Avenue, Suite 106, Davis, California 95618,

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530.759.0700, is substituted for Donald T. Bergerson as attorney of record for petitioner in this

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case; and

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2. Petitioner shall file a traverse within 60 days of the filed date of this order, absent

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further order of court.

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Dated: March 16, 2015

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