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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD W. AVARA,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-04-1044 MCE DAD P

vs.

DARREL G. ADAMS, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas

corpus. On January 12, 2006, respondents filed their answer to petitioner’s amended petition,

and petitioner filed a traverse on February 6, 2006.

Petitioner’s traverse includes the following paragraph:

Petitioner incorporates by reference the Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus, along with any supporting documents, including

the Supporting Exhibits and Points and Authorities previously

filed. Further, Petitioner incorporates by reference Petitioner’s

Points and Authorities in Support of Travers [sic], which is being

submitted contemporaneously.

(Pet’r’s Traverse at 3.) The three-page traverse does not include points and authorities and was

accompanied only by a proof of service by mail. The amended petition filed September 14,

2005, consists solely of the six-page form petition, as did the original petition filed June 1, 2004. 

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Petitioner has not filed supporting exhibits or points and authorities at any time in this action. 

Petitioner will be granted sixty days to submit any points and authorities and/or supporting

exhibits that he wants the court to consider in ruling on his amended petition.

Petitioner’s traverse also includes a demand for an evidentiary hearing “on all the

claims in the petition” and a renewed request for appointment of counsel. (Id. at 2-3.) The

renewed request for appointment of counsel will be denied for the reasons stated in the February

9, 2006 order denying petitioner’s previous request. The conclusory request for an evidentiary

hearing will be denied for failure to demonstrate that an evidentiary hearing is warranted on any

claim.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s requests for appointment of counsel and for evidentiary hearing

included in his traverse filed February 6, 2006, are denied; and

2. Petitioner is granted sixty days to file and serve any points and authorities

and/or supporting exhibits he wants the court to consider in ruling on the four grounds for relief

presented in his amended petition for writ of habeas corpus.

DATED: April 14, 2006.

DAD:13

avar1044.mem

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