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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 28:2255 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Federal)

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Case No. 14-CV-04679-LHK

Case No. 09-CR-00586-LHK-1 

ORDER AFFIRMING OCTOBER 16, 2015 ORDER WAIVING ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

REYNALDO PEDREGON,

Defendant-Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Respondent.

Case No. 14-CV-04679-LHK

Case No. 09-CR-00586-LHK-1 

ORDER AFFIRMING OCTOBER 16, 

2015 ORDER WAIVING ATTORNEYCLIENT PRIVILEGE

Dkt. Nos. 13, 15 (No. 14-CV-04679-LHK)1

Petitioner Reynaldo Pedregon (“Petitioner”) filed on October 20, 2014 a Motion to Vacate, 

Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (“§ 2255 Motion”). Case No. 09-

CR-00586-LHK-1, ECF No. 53. Petitioner claimed in this motion that his pre-trial counsel, trial 

counsel, and appellate counsel had provided him with ineffective assistance because: (1) counsel 

had failed to challenge the laboratory analysis of the methamphetamine with which Petitioner was 

charged; (2) counsel had failed to call exculpatory witnesses; (3) counsel had failed to investigate; 

and (4) counsel had failed to interview material witnesses. 

On March 30, 2015, Respondent filed a motion for waiver of Petitioner’s attorney-client 

privilege in order to prepare a response to Petitioner’s Motion. ECF No. 7. On May 27, 2015, the 

Court issued an Order Requesting Petitioner to File a Statement of Opposition or Non-Opposition 

 

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to Respondent’s motion. ECF No. 9. Petitioner was ordered to respond by September 11, 2015. 

ECF No. 10. On October 16, 2015, the Court observed that a response had not yet been filed on 

Petitioner’s civil habeas docket. ECF No. 13. Accordingly, the Court granted Respondent’s 

motion for waiver of Petitioner’s attorney-client privilege. Id. at 2. 

On January 12, 2016, Respondent notified the Court that Petitioner had in fact filed a 

Statement of Opposition or Non-Opposition on September 8, 2015, but that Petitioner’s Statement

had only been filed in the docket of Petitioner’s underlying criminal case and not in Petitioner’s

accompanying civil habeas docket. See 09-CR-00586-LHK-1, ECF No. 65. In Petitioner’s

Statement, Petitioner “agree[d] to waive his attorney client privilege . . . in regard with the issues 

rised [sic] in his [§ 2255] Motion.” Id. at 1. This Statement is fully in accord with the Court’s 

October 16, 2015 Order, where the Court determined that “Petitioner ha[d] waived the attorneyclient privilege as to any matters encompassed by Petitioner’s claims in Petitioner’s § 2255 

Motion.” ECF No. 13 at 2. Because Petitioner’s Statement and the Court’s October 16, 2015 are 

entirely consistent with one another, the Court hereby AFFIRMS its October 16, 2015 Order 

granting Respondent’s motion for waiver of Petitioner’s attorney-client privilege.

Additionally, Respondent observes that, on November 5, 2015, Petitioner sent Respondent 

a letter “to inquire about the status of” Petitioner’s Statement of Opposition or Non-Opposition. 

ECF No. 15 at 3. Based on this November 5, 2015 letter, it appears that, as of November 5, 2015,

Petitioner had not received confirmation that his Statement had been filed and had not received a 

copy of the Court’s October 16, 2015 Order. With respect to the Court’s October 16, 2015 Order, 

the Clerk filed a certificate of service on October 16, 2015. ECF No. 13-1. The Clerk shall do the 

same with respect to the instant Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 20, 2016

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LUCY H. KOH

United States District Judge

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