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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JORGE CONTRERAS, 

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin 

State Prison, 

Respondent.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01523-AWI-SAB

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER FOLLOWING CASE 

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

The undersigned held an initial case management conference on February 24, 2020 at 

11:15 a.m. in Department 9. Brian Pomerantz and Ken Murray appeared for Petitioner, Jorge 

Contreras. Deputy Attorney General Christina Simpson appeared for Respondent, Ronald

Davis. All counsel appeared telephonically.

The Court will address separately the matters discussed with counsel for Petitioner 

during the ex parte portion of the conference except as provided below. 

Accordingly, for the reasons stated on the record and for good cause shown: 

1. Counsel for the parties shall meet and confer regarding the state court record 

lodged by Respondent and counsel for Petitioner shall file any notice of 

insufficiency required by Rule 191(h)(2) of the Local Rules of the United States 

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District Court for the Eastern District of California (hereinafter “Local Rules”)

by March 24, 2020. 

2. Petitioner shall file his petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, including 

argument and points and authorities by December 9, 2020. References to the 

state court record in the petition shall 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).”

3. Respondent shall file either a responsive pleading to the federal petition other 

than an answer, or an answer to the federal petition including all substantive and 

procedural defenses, argument and points and authorities by June 9, 2021. If 

Respondent files any responsive pleading, other than an answer, then Petitioner 

shall file their opposition by September 9, 2021, with Respondent filing their 

reply by October 12, 2021. Otherwise, Petitioner shall file any reply to the 

answer by December 9, 2021. 

4. Counsel for both parties are directed to familiarize themselves with the Guide to 

Case Management and Budgeting in Capital Habeas Cases, Eastern District of 

California Fresno Division (hereinafter the “Guide”).

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5. Counsel for Petitioner is directed to comply with the sealing requirements of 

Local Rule 141 regarding their request at the ex parte conference to file under 

seal documentation regarding application of the Guide to the facts and 

circumstances of this case. Counsel may lodge with the Court documentation

proposed for sealing in the manner provided by Rule 141. 

 

1 Available at http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/forms/cja-capital-habeas-forms/ 

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6. The parties are advised that the Court will view any request to extend the above 

timeline with disfavor absent reasonably unforeseeable and unavoidable 

circumstances showing good cause for an extension of time.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 25, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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