Cross v. Sinclair

Filing 74

ORDER re 73 Status Report. Counsel are directed to file a joint status report every six months beginning six months from the date of this order. In addition, the court ORDERS counsel to file a joint status report within 15 days of any change in the status or procedural posture of this case of which the court should be aware. Signed by Judge James L. Robart. (PM)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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DAYVA CROSS,

CASE NO. C14-1092JLR
Petitioner,

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v.
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DONALD HOLBROOK,
Respondent.

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Before the court is Petitioner Dayva Cross’s “Status Update.” (Stat. Rep. (Dkt.

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# 73).) Mr. Cross submits his update in part as a result of the Washington Supreme

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Court’s recent decision in State v. Gregory, 427 P.3d 621, 631 (Wash. 2018). (See Stat.

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Rep. at 1.) In that decision, the Court held that Washington’s death penalty is

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unconstitutional, as administered, and converted all death sentences in Washington State

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to life imprisonment. See Gregory, 427 P.3d at 642. Mr. Cross informs the court that, in

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light of Gregory, “counsel are currently evaluating the appropriate next steps in this

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matter, both in this court and in the Washington Supreme Court and will keep the court

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apprised of the status.” (Stat. Rep. at 2.) The court, therefore, ORDERS counsel to file a

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joint status report in this case every six months beginning six months from the date of this

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order. In addition, the court ORDERS counsel to file a joint status report within 15 days

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of any change in the status or procedural posture of this case of which the court should be

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aware.

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Dated this 29th day of November, 2018.

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JAMES L. ROBART
United States District Judge

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