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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

WILLIE LEO HARRIS, 

Petitioner,

v.

RON DAVIS, Warden of the California State 

Prison at San Quentin, 

Respondent.

Case No. 1:16-cv-01572-DAD

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER FOLLOWING INITIAL CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

The undersigned held an initial case management conference on January 18, 2017 at 

10:00 a.m. in Department 5. Saor E. Stelter and Richard G. Novak appeared for petitioner, 

Willie Leo Harris. Amanda Cary appeared for respondent, Ron Davis. All counsel appeared 

telephonically. The parties stipulated that absent tolling, the federal habeas petition is due 

September 21, 2017. Counsel for petitioner stated their intention to file a motion for equitable 

tolling within six weeks. Counsel for respondent stated that the record received from the state 

court is in part on electronic media and in part in paper format.

The court continued the public portion of the case management conference to allow 

respondent the opportunity to determine a date for electronic lodging of the state court record 

according to the court’s noted requirements. Respondent’s counsel was then excused and the 

undersigned held an ex parte budgeting conference with counsel for petitioner. The results of 

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that budgeting conference are covered in a separate, sealed order.

On February 2, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. in Department 5, the undersigned held the 

continued case management conference. The above noted counsel appeared telephonically. 

Counsel for respondent, Ms. Cary, advised that four (4) months would be required for 

electronic lodging of the state court record. 

Accordingly, 

1. By September 21, 2017, unless a different date is subsequently ordered by the 

court, petitioner shall file the petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. References 

to the state court record in the petition shall use the identification system set out 

in the Notice of Lodging, described below. Each reference shall thus include 

the docket number for the Notice of Lodging, the attachment number, and the 

Bate-stamp numbers followed, in parentheses, by the abbreviated name of the 

volume of the record and any internal pagination. For example, if the Notice of 

Lodging appears as electronic court filing number 40 and the first attachment is 

the first 300 pages of the Clerk’s Transcript on Appeal, the citation form would 

be “DOC. No. 40-1, AG00001-AG00300 (CT 1-300).”

2. By June 15, 2017, respondent shall file a Notice of Lodging and lodge with the 

court the state court record as specified below.

a. The lodged record shall meet the following requirements: 

(i) It shall contain (a) transcripts of the state trial court proceedings; 

(b) appellant’s and respondent’s briefs on direct appeal to the 

California Supreme Court, and the opinion or orders of that 

Court; and (c) petitioner’s and respondent’s briefs in any state 

court habeas corpus proceedings, and all opinions, orders and 

transcripts of such proceedings.

(ii) The entire record shall be Bate-stamped. Bate-stamp numbering 

shall be in the format AG00001, AG00002, etc. to distinguish it 

from other numbering systems in the record.

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(iii) The entire record shall be scanned.

(iv) The entire record shall be converted to an optical character 

recognition (OCR) format.

(v) State sealed documents shall be lodged in paper form.

b. The Notice of Lodging shall be filed on the court’s electronic filing 

system. Each item of the state court record shall be lodged as an 

attachment to the Notice of Lodging. For each separate attachment, the 

Notice of Lodging shall identify the attachment number, the Bate-stamp 

numbers, and the name of that part of the record, including its internal 

pagination, if any. For example, the attachment identified above in 

paragraph 1 would be listed in the Notice of Lodging as: “Attachment 

#1, AG00001-AG00300 (Clerk’s Transcript 1-300).” The identical 

identifying information shall also be included as the docket title of each 

electronically lodged attachment to the Notice of Lodging. To the extent 

possible, each separate paper volume of the state court record shall be 

lodged as one attachment.

c. The state court record need not also be lodged on CDs, and courtesy 

copies on CD are not required.

3. Petitioner intends to file a motion for equitable tolling. Such a motion shall be 

filed no later than March 6, 2017. 

4. The answer shall be filed no later than twelve (12) months after the filing date 

of the petition.

5. The petition and answer need not include points and authorities regarding 

application of 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).

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6. A briefing schedule will be set after the petition and answer have been filed.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 2, 2017 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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