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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL LEE WHALEN, 

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN, California State Prison at San 

Quentin, 

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01865-LJO-SAB

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER DIRECTING THE UNITED STATES 

MARSHAL TO PAY DEPOSITION FEES 

AND EXPENSES

(Doc. No. 53)

Before the Court is the application of Petitioner’s appointed counsel, Assistant Federal 

Defenders Jennifer Mann and Brian Abbington, for payment of fees and expenses relating to 

the upcoming oral deposition of fact (mitigation) witness Judy Evans (Petitioner’s sister),

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sections 3006A and 1825. See Guide to Judiciary Policy, Volume 7A §§ 

320.40.10, 320.40.20; Guide to Case Management and Budgeting in Capital Habeas Cases 

Eastern District of California-Fresno Division, ¶ 65.

On February 3, 2017, the Court issued an order granting the parties’ joint request to 

temporarily lift the exhaustion stay in effect in these proceedings for the limited purpose of 

preservation of Ms. Evans’s testimony by oral deposition including Petitioner’s issuance of 

notice of deposition and deposition subpoena. Therein, the Court determined that Ms. Evans’s 

expected testimony is material to Petitioner’s unexhausted allegations of ineffective assistance

of counsel at the penalty phase, included in his federal petition. 

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Petitioner states that pursuant to agreement of the parties, Ms. Evans’s deposition is 

scheduled for March 15, 2017 in Sacramento, California. Petitioner states his intention that 

Ms. Evans fly from her home in Michigan to Sacramento on March, 12, 2017 with a return

flight on March 17, 2017, in order that Ms. Evans have sufficient time to recover from the 

exertions of travel and the deposition. Petitioner states that consistent with the instruction of 

Ms. Evans’s doctor that she travel with a companion in case her illness manifests, Petitioner 

intends that Federal Defender Investigator Carlos Escobedo accompany her on both legs of her 

journey.1 

Accordingly, the United States Marshal is DIRECTED to pay fees and expenses

including airfare, lodging and meals under 28 U.S.C. § 1825 for the appearance of Judy Evans 

at oral deposition and for Federal Defender Investigator Carlos Escobedo to accompany her 

from Michigan to Sacramento and back to Michigan. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 28, 2017 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill _____ 

UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE

 

1 The Federal Defender’s Office has agreed to arrange for and pay the cost of Mr. Escobedo’s flight from 

Sacramento to Michigan on March 11, 2017 and from Michigan to Sacramento on March 18, 2017. 

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