White v. Lizzarraga

Filing 30

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan on 07/27/16 ordering ( Evidentiary Hearing set for 9/12/2016 and 9/13/16 at 09:30 AM in Courtroom 8 (EFB) before Magistrate Judge Edmund F. Brennan.) (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MATTHEW DOUGLAS WHITE,

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No. 2:14-cv-1797-JKS-EFB

Petitioner,
ORDER

v.

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JOE LIZZARRAGA, Warden,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner White 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. By order dated June 24, 2016, United States District

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Judge James K. Singleton, Jr. referred this matter to the undersigned to hold an evidentiary

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hearing to determine: (1) whether trial counsel communicated the prosecution’s plea bargain offer

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to resolve petitioner’s criminal case for a 10-year sentence to White and/or whether the

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prosecutor communicated such an offer to White; and (2) whether White understood and rejected

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the offer. ECF No. 29.

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Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that an evidentiary will take place in Courtroom No. 8

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(13th floor) on September 12-13, 2016, beginning at 9:30 a.m. each day, to determine the issues

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described in Judge Singleton’s order, as set forth above.

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DATED: July 27, 2016.

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