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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Ptn for Writ of H/C - Stay of Execution

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Case No.: 20-2568

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

STEPHEN EDWARD HAJEK,

Petitioner,

v.

RON BROOMFIELD, Acting Warden, 

California State Prison at San Quentin,

Respondent.

Case No. 20-2568 LF 

ORDER STAYING EXECUTION AND 

REFERRING MATTER TO THE 

SELECTION BOARD

Upon request of petitioner and pursuant to Capital Habeas Local Rule 2254-25, it is hereby 

ordered that the execution of petitioner’s sentence of death, and all court and other proceedings 

related to the execution of that sentence, including preparation for execution and the setting of an 

execution date, are stayed until final disposition in this Court of the federal habeas corpus petition 

to be filed on petitioner’s behalf.

It is further ordered that this matter be referred to the Selection Board for United States 

District Court, Northern District of California, for suggestion of one or more counsel to be 

appointed to represent petitioner in these proceedings.

The Clerk of the Court shall give immediate telephonic notice to respondent, Ron 

Broomfield, Acting Warden of San Quentin State Prison, that petitioner’s execution is stayed by 

order of this Court. The Clerk of the Court shall also serve a certified copy of this order on 

petitioner; respondent, Ron Broomfield; the Clerk of the Santa Clara County Superior Court;

Moona Nandi, Assistant Attorney General of the State of California; the District Attorney of Santa 

Clara County; and Joseph Schlesinger, Executive Director of the California Appellate Project, San 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 16, 2020

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BETH L. FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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