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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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QUIN DENVIR, Bar #49374

Federal Defender

ANN C. M CLINTOCK, Bar #141313 c

Assistant Chief Federal Defender

801 I Street, 3rd Floor

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 498-5700

Attorney for Petitioner

CHRIS FOWLER

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRIS FOWLER,

Petitioner,

v.

KATHY MENDOZA-POWERS,

Warden, Avenal State Prison, et al., *

Respondents.

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NO. CIV S-02-2250 GEB JFM P

PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR

AUTHORITY TO HAVE U.S. MARSHAL

PAY WITNESS FEES PURSUANT TO 28

U.S.C. § 1825(b) AND ORDER

Petitioner CHRIS FOWLER, by and through the Office of the Federal Defender, and

its attorney, Ann C. M Clintock, Assistant Federal Defender, asks this Court for an order c

authorizing the payment of witness fees by the United States Marshal as provided in 18 U.S.C.

§ 1825(b). This Court already granted petitioner indigent status as well as leave to depose three

witnesses. Those depositions are now complete and the witnesses have requested payment of fees

authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 1821.

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 Respondents have transferred Petitioner Fowler to Avenal State Prison. Ms. Mendoza-Powers *

is Warden of the prison and should be substituted automatically as an official party respondent. 

Rule 25, Fed. R. Civ. Proc.

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The following is a list of petitioner’s deposition witnesses for whom witness fees are

requested:

1. Thomas Gianquinto, who was deposed in San Diego, California, on August

22, 2005;

2. John Iniguez, who was deposed in Sacramento, California, on August 23,

2005; and

3. Manuel Ortega, who was deposed in Bell Gardens, California, on August 31,

2005.

Petitioner has established that each of these persons needed to be deposed in order to allow

petitioner to present an adequate case.

Dated: October 7, 2005

Respectfully submitted,

QUIN DENVIR

Federal Defender

 /s/ Ann C. M Clintock c

Ann C. M Clintock c

Assistant Federal Defender

Attorneys for Petitioner

CHRIS FOWLER

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Authorization for the payment of witness fees is hereby granted.

Dated: October 21, 2005.

/fowl2250.wf

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