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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LARRY A. CHATMAN, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RICK HILL, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:10-cv-00264 KJM CKD P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a California state inmate proceeding through appointed counsel, filed an 

application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 15, 2019, the 

petition was granted with respect to petitioner’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel and 

denied as to petitioner’s remaining claims. ECF No. 114. Judgment was entered on the same 

day. ECF No. 115. 

 On February 11, 2020, the court received a request from petitioner in propria

persona, in which petitioner explains he has attempted to procure a copy of the transcript of 

petitioner’s August 29, 2019 sentencing hearing before the Solano County Superior Court. 

Petitioner asks the court to order the sentencing judge and petitioner’s previous attorney, Denis 

Honeychurch, to provide petitioner with a copy of said transcript. 

 This request is improperly filed before the federal court, which generally may not 

order a state court to provide transcripts to a defendant. See Demos v. United States Dist. Court 

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for the E. Dist. of Wash., 925 F.2d 1160, 1161 (9th Cir.1991) (a federal court lacks jurisdiction to 

issue a write of mandamus to a state court) (citation omitted). Rather, petitioner’s request should 

be filed with the state court that sentenced petitioner, Solano County Superior Court. 

 Accordingly, the request is DENIED. 

 IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATE: February 24, 2020. 

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