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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Antonneo R. Boyce, 

Petitioner, 

vs.

Dora Schriro, et al., 

Respondents. 

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No. CV 05-3015-PHX-ROS (ECV)

ORDER

Petitioner has filed a Motion for Leave to Conduct Discovery (Doc. #12) and Motion

for Taking of Judicial Notice (Doc. #17). In the motion for discovery, Petitioner asks the

court to permit him to seek documentary evidence from Respondents that supports claims in

his habeas petition. Respondents have not yet filed their answer to the petition and

Petitioner's request is therefore premature. Respondents typically include relevant portions

of the state court record when answering habeas petitions. Additionally, as Judge Silver

recently ordered in this case, Respondents may limit their answer to affirmative defenses (see

Doc. #19), in which case Petitioner may not be entitled to information in the record regarding

the merits of his claims. Accordingly, Petitioner's motion will be denied without prejudice

to re-asserting the request after Respondents' answer is filed.

Regarding Petitioner's Motion for Taking Judicial Notice, Petitioner is simply asking

the court to recognize an error in his motion for discovery. This is not the type of matter

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appropriate for judicial notice and, therefore, while the court acknowledges Petitioner's error,

the request to take judicial notice will be denied. See Fed. R. Evid. 201. 

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED:

That Petitioner's Motion for Leave to Conduct Discovery (Doc. #12) is denied

without prejudice; and 

That Petitioner's Motion for Taking of Judicial Notice (Doc. #17) is denied.

DATED this 8th day of December, 2005.

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