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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARCIAL BRAVO ZAMBRANO, et al.,

Petitioners,

v.

CHAD F. WOLF, et al.,

Respondents.

No. 1:20-cv-00595-DAD-JLT (HC)

ORDER GIVING EFFECT TO PETITIONER 

ZAMBRANO AND RESPONDENTS’ 

STIPULATION AND STAYING THIS 

MATTER AS TO PETITIONER ZAMBRANO

(Doc. No. 4)

On April 24, 2020, petitioners Marcial Bravo Zambrano, Jorge Villalobos, and Michael 

Spitzauer (collectively, “petitioners”) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus seeking their 

release from confinement. (Doc. No. 1.) Therein, petitioners contend that their continued

confinement at Taft Correctional Institution during the ongoing COVID-19 global pandemic is a 

violation of their rights under the Due Process Clause of Fifth Amendment. (Id. at 5–6.) On 

April 27, 2020, the court set a briefing schedule, directing the government to respond to the 

petition by a May 11, 2020. (Doc. No. 2.)

On May 8, 2020, petitioner Zambrano and respondents filed a stipulation, agreeing to hold 

this case in abeyance as to petitioner Zambrano. (Doc. No. 4.) The stipulation notes that 

petitioner Zambrano is a class member in Zepeda Rivas v. Jennings and that, on April 29, 2020, 

the court in Zepeda Rivas entered a provisional class certification and temporary restraining order 

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(“TRO”). See Case No. 3:20-cv-02731-VC, 2020 WL 2059848 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 29, 2020). The 

stipulation also notes that the TRO in Zepeda Rivas orders that individual release determinations 

be made in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which is the same relief that petitioners are 

seeking before this court. Finally, the stipulation notes that the parties will inform this court 

within five (5) business days of the resolution as to petitioner Zambrano in the Zepeda Rivas

action.

Accordingly, good cause appearing and pursuant to petitioner Zambrano and respondents’ 

stipulation, this case is stayed as to petitioner Zambrano only and the parties are directed to notify 

the court within five (5) business days from the issuance of this order of petitioner Zambrano’s 

status in the Zepeda Rivas action.1 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 8, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

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 This order has no affect on the court’s April 27, 2020 order with respect to petitioners

Villalobos and Spitzauer.

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