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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM B. MAYFIELD, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0346 RRB DAD P

vs.

D.K. SISTO, Warden, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is challenging the 2005 decision by the

California Board of Parole Hearings denying him parole. On April 25, 2007, respondents filed a

timely answer to the petition. On May 29, 2007, petitioner filed a traverse. This case is now

submitted for decision and in due course, the court will issue its findings and recommendations. 

Before the court is petitioner’s request that this court take judicial notice of the Ninth Circuit’s

recent decision in Hayward v. Marshall, 512 F.3d 541 (9th Cir. 2008).

Judicial notice of adjudicative facts is appropriate with respect to matters that are

beyond reasonable dispute in that they are either generally known or capable of accurate and

ready determination by resort to a source whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned. See

Fed. R. Evid. 201 and advisory committee notes. Petitioner’s request for judicial notice will be

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denied because he seeks that judicial notice be taken of matters failing to meet the requirements

of the applicable rule. See Fed. R. Evid. 201(b). Petitioner’s request is also unnecessary. 

Petitioner is advised that the court is well aware of the Ninth Circuit’s decision in the Hayward

case. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s April 2, 2008 request

for judicial notice is denied.

DATED: April 10, 2008.

DAD:9

mayf0346.jn

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