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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD L. TUCKER, )

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Petitioner, )

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STUART J. RYAN, )

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Respondent. )

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1:04-cv-05773-AWI-TAG HC

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S

MOTION TO ANNEX EXHIBITS A, B, AND C

TO THE TRAVERSE (Doc. 47)

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On November 3, 2005, Respondent filed the Answer. (Doc. 43). On November

28, 2005, Petitioner filed his Traverse. (Doc. 46). On December 7, 2005, Petitioner filed the

instant Motion to Annex Exhibits A, B, and C to the Traverse. (Doc. 47). The motion contends

that the exhibits proffered are probative of Petitioner’s claim that he, an African American, was

denied the effective assistance of trial counsel because his trial attorney was racist and

purportedly a member of the Ku Klux Klan. (Id. at p. 1). 

Exhibit A is a copy of a letter from trial counsel to a prison official indicating that

counsel did not believe killing African Americans should be a crime. The letter contains the

salutation, “Long live the Klan,” and is signed by counsel in his capacity as “Imperial Wizard of

Woodlake.” Exhibit B is a copy of an e-mail from counsel to another individual discussing the

outcome of a trial in which counsel had successfully represented a man accused of attempting to

murder an African American. In Exhibit B, counsel expresses further racist views and

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comments. Finally, Exhibit C is a transcript of a Marsden hearing held during Petitioner’s trial in

which the trial court, apprised of the content of Exhibits A and B, granted the motion and

removed the attorney as Petitioner’s trial counsel. Respondent has filed no objections to the

instant motion.

Accordingly, GOOD CAUSE having been shown, it is HEREBY ORDERED that

Petitioner’s Motion to Annex Exhibits A, B, and C to the Traverse (Doc. 47), is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 6, 2006 /s/ Theresa A. Goldner 

j6eb3d UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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