Carpenter v. Brown, et al

Filing 235

ORDER GRANTING 233 LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION; DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES. Signed by Judge Maxine M. Chesney on September 12, 2013.(mmcsecS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/12/2013)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 DAVID J. CARPENTER, 12 13 14 15 16 Petitioner, v. KEVIN CHAPPELLE, Acting Warden of California State Prison at San Quentin, NO. C 98-2444 MMC ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO FILE A MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION; DIRECTIONS TO PARTIES DEATH PENALTY CASE Respondent. 17 18 19 Pursuant to Local Rule 7-9(a), respondent has moved for leave to file a motion for 20 reconsideration of this Court’s Order of March 5, 2008, denying in part Respondent’s Motion to 21 Dismiss. In support of his motion, respondent relies on Civil Local Rule 7-9(b)(2), which requires 22 the moving party to demonstrate the “emergence of new material facts or a change of law occurring 23 after the time of [the challenged] order.” See Civil L.R. 7-9 (setting forth grounds for motion). 24 Respondent has made the requisite showing. In particular, as respondent correctly points out, 25 this Court, in its March 5, 2008 Order, relied on Bennett v. Mueller, 322 F. 3d 573 (9th Cir. 2003) 26 and Morales v. Calderon, 85 F. 3d 1387 (9th Cir. 1996), to support its holding that California’s 27 timeliness bar was not adequate and thus could not preclude federal review of claims found to be 28 untimely thereunder in state court. More recently, however, the United States Supreme Court has 1 held that California’s timeliness bar is adequate, and thus may serve to procedurally bar in federal 2 court claims that were held untimely in state court. See Walker v. Martin, 131 S.Ct. 1120, 11263 1130 (2011). 4 Accordingly, and for good cause shown, respondent’s motion for leave to file a motion for 5 reconsideration is hereby GRANTED. Within thirty days of the date of this order, the parties shall 6 meet and confer, and set a briefing schedule for any motion for reconsideration. 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. 8 DATED: September 12, 2013 9 MAXINE M. CHESNEY United States District Judge 11 For the Northern District of California United States District Court 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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