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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GAUDENCIO VIVAR REYES, 

Petitioner,

v.

JOHN MARSHALL, Warden,

Respondent. 

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Civil No. 07cv1187 J(RBB)

ORDER DIRECTING RESPONDENT TO

LODGE ADDITIONAL RECORDS AND

DIRECTING FURTHER BRIEFING

On June 29, 2007, Petitioner Gaudencio Vivar Reyes, a state

prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus [doc. no. 1] pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Respondent filed

an Answer [doc. no. 4] and a Notice of Lodgment [doc. no. 5] on

September 7, 2007. On October 17, 2007, Petitioner filed a Reply

[doc. no. 9].

Petitioner is currently serving a sentence of sixteen years to

life with the possibility of parole pursuant to a plea agreement.

(Pet. 1-2, 6; Lodgment 1, Abstract of J. 1, May 17, 1985.) 

Petitioner began serving his sentence on May 29, 1985. (Lodgment

No. 2, Parole Consideration Hr’g Tr. 1, 21, Aug. 9, 2007.) 

Accordingly, he had served sixteen years by May 29, 2001. 

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In his Petition, Reyes challenges the decision of the Board of

Parole Hearings on August 5, 2005, to deny him parole. (Pet. 6.) 

One of Petitioner’s claims is that the government breached its

obligations under his plea agreement by continuing to oppose parole

after Petitioner served his minimum term of confinement. (Id. at

6-7.) He asserts that under the terms of the plea, the District

Attorney should not have opposed parole after Reyes served sixteen

years of his sentence. (Id. at 6.) 

The August 5, 2005, parole hearing was not the first time that

Petitioner was denied parole. (Pet. 6.) Reyes states that the

2005 denial was the sixth time he was denied parole, although the

hearing transcript indicates that was his fifth parole hearing. 

(Id.; see Lodgment No. 2, Parole Consideration Hr’g Tr. 21.) 

Petitioner had last been denied parole at a hearing on or about

March 25, 2003. (Lodgment No. 2, Parole Consideration Hr’g Tr.

21.) Reyes claims that the government’s breach of his plea

agreement “materialized after petitioner’s fifth and before his

sixth board appearance and is continuing.” (Pet. 6.) 

The Court has determined that additional records are necessary

to the resolution of Reyes’s Petition. The Court needs to

determine when Petitioner’s claim for breach of the plea agreement

first arose for purposes of the statute of limitations contained in

the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (“AEDPA”). See

28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(1) (West Supp. 2007). Accordingly, the Court

ORDERS Respondent to lodge the transcript from the parole hearing

held on or about March 25, 2003. Respondent may also lodge any

transcripts from prior parole hearings and additional documents

that are relevant to resolving whether the statute of limitations

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has run on Petitioner’s claim that his plea agreement was breached

when he was denied parole after he served the minimum term of his

sentence. The records shall be lodged with the Court no later than

July 28, 2008. On or before July 28, 2008, Respondent shall also

file a supplemental brief addressing the applicability of the

statute of limitations to Petitioner’s claims. Reyes may file a

reply brief no later than August 29, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 1, 2008 ________________________________

 RUBEN B. BROOKS

 United States Magistrate Judge

cc: Judge Jones

All Parties of Record

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