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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY CALVIN SMITH,

Petitioner,

 v.

RON DAVIS, Acting Warden of California State

Prison at San Quentin

Respondent. /

No. C 04-3436 JSW

CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

DEATH PENALTY CASE

The Court has reviewed the parties' Joint Statement Regarding Briefing Of Record-Based

Claims and adopts, with some alteration, the course of litigation proposed by petitioner. The Court

directs the parties to brief the merits of petitioner's forty-three record-based claims. In the interest of

efficiency and in order to avoid oversize briefs however, the parties shall divide the claims into three

groups (by grouping together, for example, claims that have the same factual predicates), and shall

file three rounds of briefing, with each brief addressing no more than fifteen claims.

Accordingly, by April 15, 2015, petitioner shall file his opening brief. Within 60 days of the

date of service of petitioner's brief, respondent shall file a response. Within 30 days of the date of

service of respondent's brief, petitioner shall file a reply. The Court directs the parties to observe a

25-page limit for their briefs. Due-dates for subsequent briefs shall be set by the Court in a

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subsequent Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 12, 2015 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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