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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC VERNON PARKER,

Petitioner,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-02431-VC (PR)

ORDER DIRECTING RESPONDENT 

TO RESPOND TO PETITIONER'S 

MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION

Re: Dkt. No. 14

On January 28, 2016, the Court granted Respondent’s motion to dismiss as untimely Eric 

Vernon Parker’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On the same date, judgment was entered. 

On April 15, 2016, Parker filed a motion for reconsideration of the Order of Dismissal and 

Judgment. Respondent has not filed an opposition.

Parker’s petition asserted one claim: in 2008, a state court judge improperly enhanced 

Parker’s criminal sentence based on erroneous information about Parker’s previous criminal 

history. In his motion for reconsideration, Parker relies on new evidence he obtained after he 

filed his federal petition. On October 29, 2015, a state administrative law judge granted Parker’s 

motion to correct portions of his criminal history relating to his convictions in 1982, 1990 and 

1995. The order of the administrative law judge was attached to an addendum to traverse filed 

on November 25, 2015. On March 21, 2016, after this Court issued its Order and Judgment, the 

California Department of Justice wrote a letter to Parker indicating that, pursuant to the order of 

the administrative law judge, it corrected Parker’s criminal history. This letter is attached to 

Parker’s motion for reconsideration. Parker argues his petition is not untimely because he could 

not have substantiated his claim about his erroneous criminal history before the administrative 

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law judge’s October 29, 2015 order granting his motion to correct his criminal history. 

Within twenty-eight days from the date of this Order, Respondent shall file a response to 

Parker’s motion for reconsideration. If Parker chooses to file a reply, it is due fourteen days 

from the date of Respondent’s response. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

Date: June 28, 2016

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