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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 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PATRICK BRUCE GORDON, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RON DAVIS, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:91-cv-0882-MCE-EFB P 

DEATH PENALTY CASE 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with this petition for a writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. By order dated October 6, 2015, issued pursuant to 

stipulation of the parties, the court set a briefing schedule in this matter. Specifically, petitioner 

was directed to file a brief on all of his claims for relief by October 6, 2016. Respondent’s 

opposition was scheduled to be filed one year later. On November 17, 2015, petitioner filed a 

motion for partial summary judgment with respect to only three of his claims for relief and set it 

for hearing on the court’s calendar for December 16, 2015. Respondent filed an opposition on 

November 23, 2015, in which he argued that the motion for summary judgment was 

improvidently filed but did not address the merits of petitioner’s arguments. Petitioner has not 

yet filed a reply. 

 Good cause appearing, the December 16, 2015 hearing on the motion for summary 

judgment will be converted to a status conference only. Counsel for petitioner should be prepared 

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to discuss why the three claims addressed in his partial motion for summary judgment should be 

adjudicated separately and not in accordance with the stipulated order described above. If the 

undersigned determines at the status conference that it is necessary to modify the scheduling 

order and address these three claims in advance, a new hearing will be scheduled on the summary 

judgment motion. 

 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that the hearing currently scheduled for December 16, 

2015, at 10:00 a.m. will address scheduling issues only and will not address the issues raised by 

petitioner’s November 17, 2015 motion for partial summary judgment. 

DATED: December 2, 2015. 

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