Hill v. Ayers

Filing 338

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY. Status Report due by 5/6/2013. Signed by Judge Claudia Wilken on 4/4/2013. (ndr, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/4/2013)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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MICHAEL HILL,

Case Number 4-94-cv-641-CW

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Petitioner,

DEATH-PENALTY CASE

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v.

ORDER REGARDING DISCOVERY

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KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden of
San Quentin State Prison,

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Respondent.

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In the last order entered in this capital habeas action, the
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Court denied Petitioner’s request for an evidentiary hearing
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regarding information Petitioner seeks from the Alameda County
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District Attorney and the Oakland Police Department.

Doc. No.

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336.

The Court stated that “Petitioner may be able to obtain the

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information he seeks through informal means,” and that “[i]f that
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fails, Petitioner may move to take depositions, serve
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interrogatories, or otherwise conduct discovery.”

Id. at 2.

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As directed, id., Petitioner has submitted a status report
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regarding this matter.

(Doc. No. 337.

It appears that

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Petitioner is dissatisfied with the response he has received from
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the District Attorney, and requests “further action by this

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Court.”

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requests additional time to obtain information informally from

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the Oakland Police Department.

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Id. at 3; see id. at 7.

In addition, Petitioner

Id.

To the extent that Petitioner is asking the Court to take

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“further action” at this time, the request is denied.

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previously ordered, “Petitioner may move to take depositions,

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serve interrogatories, or otherwise conduct discovery.”

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336 at 2.

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informally from the Oakland Police Department is granted.

Rather, as

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The request for additional time to obtain information
The

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Court directs the parties to file a subsequent status report

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regarding this matter within thirty days of the date of this

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order.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED:

4/4/2013
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CLAUDIA WILKEN
United States District Judge