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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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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARK CHRISTOPHER CREW, 

 Petitioner, 

 vs. 

RON DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin State 

Prison 

 Respondent. 

Case No.: 12-CV-4259 YGR

SCHEDULING ORDER 

The Court is in receipt of the parties’ joint statement submitted on January 13, 2016. 

Petitioner has identified twenty-five record-based claims that can proceed to briefing on the merits 

without a request for an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner identified eight claims that he believes 

warrant an evidentiary hearing, and an additional ten ineffective assistance of counsel claims that he 

believes may require an evidentiary hearing to show deficient performance and prejudice. Petitioner 

requested an opportunity to brief the basis for such a hearing. The Court will first address the recordbased claims and will take up petitioner’s request to brief the need for an evidentiary hearing upon 

resolution of the record-based claims. 

In the interest of efficiency, and in order to avoid oversize briefs, the parties shall divide the 

claims into three groups (by grouping together, for example, claims that have the same factual 

predicates), and shall file three rounds of briefing, with each brief addressing no more than nine 

claims. 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

Accordingly, by April 4, 2016, petitioner shall file his initial opening brief. The response is 

due on or before May 4, 2016. The reply is due within fifteen days of the date of service of the 

response. The parties are requested to observe a 40-page limit for their briefs. A schedule for the 

second round of merits-based briefing will issue upon resolution of the first round of briefed claims. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: February 9, 2016 

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

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