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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

JOHN MICHAEL BEAMES,

Petitioner,

v.

RON DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin State

Prison,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:10-cv-01429-DAD-SAB

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER UPON STIPULATION TO UNSEAL 

BRIEFS AND CLERK’S CONFIDENTIAL 

PENAL CODE § 987.9 TRANSCRIPT ON 

APPEAL

(Doc. No. 223)

Before the Court is the parties’ November 7, 2016 stipulation to unseal documents lodged 

and filed under seal pursuant to this court’s October 29, 2015 order regarding a confidential state 

court [California Penal Code § 987.9] transcript prepared by the Tulare County Superior Court 

on October 24, 2001, captioned as a California Supreme Court document in petitioner’s 

automatic appeal.

The parties stipulate to unsealing the noted documents on grounds petitioner has waived 

confidentiality (see Doc. No. 223, at Ex. 1); the California Supreme Court has determined the 

record on appeal does not include any sealed transcript comprised of Penal Code section 987.9 

materials (see id., at Ex. 2); and the Tulare County Superior Court has signed a stipulation and 

order unsealing the confidential 987.9 transcript (see id., at Ex. 3). 

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Accordingly, for good cause shown, 

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to lodge in the public docket the 987.9 notice of 

lodgment and confidential clerk’s transcript prepared by the Tulare County 

Superior Court, consisting of two hundred seventy-two (272) pages. 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to unseal the following documents filed in the 

docket: (i) petitioner’s final list of sealed exhibits (Doc. No. 170); (ii) 

respondent’s sealed exhibits Q, R, S, T, U, V, X, Y, (Doc. No. 171); (iii) 

respondent’s request to seal documents (Doc. No. 214); (iv) respondent’s posthearing brief on claim 11 (Doc. No. 215); and (v) petitioner’s reply to 

respondent’s post- hearing brief on claim 11 (Doc. 222). 

3. Any and all documents included in the noted 987.9 notice of lodgment and 

confidential clerk’s transcript that were received as sealed exhibits at the 

evidentiary hearing including respondent’s exhibit W and any 987.9 motions and 

orders previously lodged in paper form in this proceeding are unsealed. 

4. The parties may refer to any of the above noted documents in all publicly filed 

future pleadings in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2016 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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