Johnson v. Ayers

Filing 525

CORRECTED WRIT of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum issued WITH SEAL (tfS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/13/2019)

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Richard B. Mazer SBN: 49632
Law Office of Richard B. Mazer
99 Divisadero St.
San Francisco, CA 94117
Tel: [phone]

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William L. Osterhoudt SBN 43021
Law Offices of William L. Osterhoudt
135 Belvedere Street
San Francisco, CA 94117
Tel [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
Willie D. Johnson

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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WILLIE D. JOHNSON,
Petitioner,

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C 98-4043 SI

v.
DEATH PENALTY CASE

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RON DAVIS, Warden, San Quentin State
Prison,

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Respondent,

CORRECTED

PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
DATE: August 19, 2019 August 23, 2019
TIME:9:00a.m. 10:00 a.m.

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COURTROOM OF THE
HONORABLE SUSAN ILLSTON

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PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFCANDUM

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To the Honorable Susan Illston, United States District Judge of the United States District
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Court for the Northern District of California:

PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

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Petitioner respectfully petitions the Court to issue a Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum
for the prisoner Willie D. Johnson, whose place of custody and jailor are set forth in the

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requested Writ, attached hereto, and your petitioner avers that the prisoner is required to appear
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August 23, 2019 at 10:00 a.m.

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in the above-entitled matter in this Court August 19, 2019 at 9:00 a.m., and therefore petitioner

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requests that this Court issue the Writ as presented.

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This is a 28 U.S.C. section 2254 habeas corpus action filed in 1998, by California capital
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inmate Willie Darnell Johnson, challenging his Contra Costa County conviction and death

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sentence for first degree murder, attempted murder, and related offenses, with special

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circumstances. The Court has set August 19, 2019 at 9:00am for argument on Claim I, that

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Petitioner is actually innocent of the offenses for which he was convicted in 1987. Petitioner s
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presence at that hearing is necessary to a fair determination of the issues at the hearing. He is
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confined at San Quentin Prison, San Quentin, California.
Should the Court issue this Order, representatives to the warden of San Quentin are instructed
August 23, 2019

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to transport Willie D. Johnson from San Quentin State Prison on or before August 19, 2019 at
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10:00 a.m.

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9:00a.m., for the duration of the hearing for access to the U.S. Courthouse/Federal Building, to

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United States District Court for the Northern District of California, 450 Golden Gate Ave.,

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Courtroom 1-17th Floor, San Francisco, CA, 94102, the Honorable Susan Illston, presiding.

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Dated: August 5, 2019

Respectfully Submitted,
__________/s/_______________
RICHARD B. MAZER
Attorney for Defendant,
WILLIE D. JOHNSON

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PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

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_________/s/_________________
WILLIAM L. OSTERHOUDT

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Attorney for Defendant,
WILLIE D. JOHNSON

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PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

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PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM
To: Ron Davis, Warden, San Quentin State Prison

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GREETINGS
WE COMMAND that on August

, 2019, you have and produce the body of Willie

Darnell Johnson, in your custody in the above-referenced institution, before the United States

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District Court in and before the Northern District of California, in the Courtroom of Judge
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Illston, Courtroom 1

17th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94102, so

Willie Darnell Johnson may then and there appear for a hearing in the above-captioned case at
:00 a.m. on August

, 2019

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Dated: August_____, 2019

CLERK
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTY
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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_______________________________
DEPUTY CLERK

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PETITION FOR AND WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM