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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Debra Jean Milke, 

Petitioner, 

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Charles L. Ryan, et al.,

Respondents.

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No. CV-98-00060-PHX-RCB

ORDER GRANTING

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

 Pursuant to the mandate of the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Milke v.

Ryan, 711 F.3d 998 (9th Cir. 2013), 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is

GRANTED. Respondents shall release Petitioner Debra Jean Milke from custody unless the

State of Arizona: (1) notifies this Court within 30 days of the filing date of this Order that

it intends to retry Petitioner, and (2) actually commences Petitioner’s retrial within 90 days

of the filing date of this Order. The Clerk of Court shall enter judgment accordingly and

terminate this matter.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall expeditiously return the

state court records received on August 3, 1999, and March 7, 2002 (Docs. 46 & 88) to the

Clerk of the Arizona Supreme Court. 

DATED this 8th day of July, 2013.

copies to all counsel of record

Case 2:98-cv-00060-RCB Document 213 Filed 07/08/13 Page 1 of 1