Pizzuto v. Blades

Filing 300

ORDER APPOINTING CLEMENCY COUNSEL (Capital Case) - IT IS ORDERED:1. Petitioners Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Dkt. 299 ) isGRANTED. 2. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599(e), Petitioners Application for Appointment of Clemency Counsel (Dkt . 298 ) is GRANTED. The Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Defender Services of Idaho is hereby appointed as counsel for Petitioner in state clemency proceedings. Signed by Judge B. Lynn Winmill. (caused to be mailed to non Registered Participants at the addresses listed on the Notice of Electronic Filing (NEF) by (cjs)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF IDAHO

GERALD ROSS PIZZUTO, JR.,
Case No. 1:05-cv-00516-BLW
Petitioner,
CAPITAL CASE
v.
RANDY BLADES, Warden, Idaho
Maximum Security Institution,

ORDER APPOINTING CLEMENCY
COUNSEL

Respondent.

IT IS ORDERED:
1.

Petitioner’s Application to Proceed in Forma Pauperis (Dkt. 299) is
GRANTED.

2.

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3599(e), Petitioner’s Application for Appointment of
Clemency Counsel (Dkt. 298) is GRANTED. The Capital Habeas Unit of the
Federal Defender Services of Idaho is hereby appointed as counsel for
Petitioner in state clemency proceedings. See Harbison v. Bell, 556 U.S. 180,
194 (2009).

DATED: July 31, 2018

_________________________
B. Lynn Winmill
Chief U.S. District Court Judge