Bacigalupo v. Calderon
Filing
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ORDER RE APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL AND LITIGATION SCHEDULE. Signed by Judge Beth Labson Freeman on 11/24/2014. (blflc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 11/24/2014)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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MIGUEL ANGEL BACIAGALUPO,
Petitioner,
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
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Case No. 94-02761 (BLF)
v.
KEVIN CHAPPELL, Warden
ORDER RE APPOINTMENT OF
COUNSEL AND LITIGATION
SCHEDULE
Respondent.
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Petitioner Miguel Angel Baciagalupo was originally sentenced to death. The death
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judgment has since been reversed by the California Supreme Court. In re Baciagalupo, 55 Cal.
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4th 312 (2012). Respondent has elected not to re-seek the death penalty, and in 2014, petitioner
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was re-sentenced in state court to life without the possibility of parole. Accordingly, only his
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guilt-phase claims remain in his federal habeas petition.
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There is no right to counsel in non-capital habeas corpus proceedings. See Knaubert v.
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Goldsmith, 791 F. 2d 722, 728 (9th Cir. 1986). Nonetheless, because petitioner is financially
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unable to obtain adequate representation and because the interests of justice so require, the Court
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appoints petitioner's current lead counsel, Robert R. Bryan, under the Criminal Justice Act to
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represent petitioner on his federal habeas petition. Mr. Bryan should seek reimbursement pursuant
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to 18 U.S.C. ยง 3006A(d) and (e) via the Federal Public Defender's Office.
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As requested, co-counsel Kevin G. Little will be permitted to withdraw as federal counsel.
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Mr. Bryan's assistant counsel, Cheryl Cotterill, will not be substituted in for Mr. Little. As this
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matter is no longer a capital case, two attorneys are no longer necessary or justified.
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Within sixty days of the date of this Order, the parties are ORDERED to meet and confer,
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and to submit a joint statement to the Court regarding the remaining claims to be litigated. In
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addition, the parties should submit a proposed order setting a schedule for briefing on the merits of
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the remaining claims. In the interests of efficiency and in order to avoid oversize briefs, the
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parties are directed to consider addressing the remaining claims in more than one motion (for
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example, by grouping together claims that have the same factual predicate).
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Also within sixty days of the date of this Order, petitioner is ORDERED to file an
electronic copy of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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United States District Court
Northern District of California
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Dated: November 24, 2014
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BETH LABSON FREEMAN
United States District Judge
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