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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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JAMES S. THOMSON

California SBN 79658

Attorney and Counselor at Law

819 Delaware Street 

Berkeley, California 94710

Telephone: (510) 525-9123

Facsimile: (510) 525-9124

JOLIE LIPSIG

Attorney at Law California SBN 104644

1006 4th St., Suite 301

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 443-6995

Facsimile: (916) 443-7081

Attorneys for Petitioner

WILLIAM A. PROCTOR

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM A. PROCTOR, ) No. CIV-S-96-1401 RRB CMK

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Petitioner, ) DEATH PENALTY CASE

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v. )

) APPLICATION AND ORDER

) FOR RELEASE OF RECORDINGS 

) OF SEALED PROCEEDINGS TO

ROBERT L. AYERS, Warden of ) PETITIONER’S COUNSEL

California State Prison at San Quentin, )

et al. )

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Respondents )

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Petitioner hereby requests that this Court order the Court Reporter to release to his

attorneys, Jolie Lipsig and/or James S. Thomson, recordings of the case management and

sealed budget conferences held in the above-captioned case on February 13, 2007 and

January 8, 2008, respectively. The reasons for this request are as follows:

On January 18, 2008, counsel for petitioner submitted a CD/Tape Order form to the

Clerk of the Court to obtain recordings of two case management/budget conferences. 

Portions of each conference were held ex parte, with only petitioner’s counsel and this

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 Court in attendance. Upon receipt of the form, counsel were notified by the Court

Reporter that the ex parte portions of the conferences had been sealed, and the recordings

of those portions of the conferences could not be released to them without an order from

this Court. 

Petitioner, through his counsel, is entitled to a full record of all proceedings in this

capital case. Further, counsel for petitioner were present at the conferences for which they

now seek recordings and thus were privy to all confidential matters discussed therein. 

 Accordingly, counsel request that this Court direct the Court Reporter to prepare

and release to Jolie Lipsig and/or James Thomson recordings of the complete case

management/budget conferences, including all sealed proceedings, held on February 13,

2007, and January 8, 2008 in the above-captioned case.

DATED: January 31, 2008

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ JAMES S. THOMSON

/s/ JOLIE LIPSIG

Attorneys for Petitioner

IT IS SO ORDERED

DATED: February 1, 2008

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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