Welker v. Hartley

Filing 20

ORDER by Judge Ronald M. Whyte Granting 17 18 Motion for Further Transcriptsand Production of Exhibits Submitted in Support of Respondent's Answer. (jg, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 5/11/2010)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA GREGORY WELKER, Petitioner, vs. JAMES HARTLEY, Warden, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. C 08-4551 RMW (PR) ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR FURTHER TRANSCRIPTS AND PRODUCTION OF EXHIBITS SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF RESPONDENT'S ANSWER (Docket Nos. 17 & 18) *E-FILED - 5/11/10*

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court reviewed petitioner's petition and ordered the respondent to show cause why the petition should not be granted based on petitioner's cognizable claims. Respondent filed an answer and petitioner filed a traverse. Pending before the court are petitioner's motions for the court to order respondent to furnish additional transcripts and for production of the exhibits respondent submitted in support of his answer. In the court's November 12, 2008 order to show cause, the court provided the following instructions to respondent: "Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on petitioner a copy of all portions of the underlying state criminal record that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition." On June 1, 2009, respondent filed his response along with a supporting memorandum and an exhibit notice of
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lodging. Petitioner has not received respondent's lodged exhibits. Further, upon review of the court file, the court notes that it also does not include any of respondent's exhibits that were noticed. Accordingly, petitioner's motion for respondent to provide a copy of the exhibits in support of his response to the petition is GRANTED. With respect to petitioner's motion for the court to order respondent to furnish additional portions of transcripts, petitioner requests that the respondent provide copies of transcripts from specific hearing dates -- namely: August 4, 2006, August 18, 2006, September 1, 2006, September 29, 2006, October 2, 2006, and October 13, 2006. Petitioner asserts that those transcripts are relevant to his claims. Accordingly, petitioner's motion for respondent to furnish additional transcripts is hereby GRANTED. Within thirty days of the date this order is filed, respondent shall provide petitioner with a copy of all exhibits lodged in support of the response in addition to a copy of the transcripts of the above referenced hearing dates. Respondent shall also provide the court a copy of both the exhibits and the additional transcripts. Petitioner shall file any supplemental traverse withint thirty days after receiving such documents. This order terminates docket nos. 17 & 18. IT IS SO ORDERED. 5/11/10 DATED: _______________

RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge

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