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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

DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

ERNEST VALENCIA GONZALES,

PETITIONER,

–vs–

DORA B. SCHRIRO, et al.,

RESPONDENTS.

CIV 99-02016-PHX-SMM

CERTIFIED CONTACT VISIT ORDER

[DEATH PENALTY CASE]

Pursuant to this Court's order of September 25, 2006, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED authorizing that Dr. Anna S. Scherzer, M.D. have

a contact visit with Ernest Valencia Gonzales, ADOC # 058534, under the following

terms in order to determine his competency:

1) Visitation shall take place on October 20, 2006, starting at 10:00 a.m. and continuing up to 8 hours.

2) Respondents’ counsel shall make arrangements with Deputy Warden Carson McWilliams, Arizona State Prison - Eyman

Complex SMU II, or his designee, to schedule such visits.

3) The Deputy Warden, through his staff, may require Dr. Scherzer to subject all instruments, equipment, manuals and the like to an inspection and inventory prior to and subsequent to

any meeting with Ernest Valencia Gonzales.

4) If requested by Dr. Scherzer, the Deputy Warden, through his staff, shall remove handcuffs from Ernest Valencia Gonzales.

However, Ernest Valencia Gonzales shall at all times remain in

leg irons. ADOC may require Ernest Valencia Gonzales to

wear a stun belt during the meetings.

5) Dr. Scherzer will be required to wear all protective gear, including any protective vest and/or safety goggles provided by

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ADOC. Dr. Scherzer will be allowed to wear clothing over the protective vest. If requested, Dr. Scherzer shall be allowed to

remove the protective vest and safety goggles if, in her opinion, the vest and/or the goggles interfere with the interview of

Ernest Valencia Gonzales.

6) Dr. Scherzer shall be allowed to have physical contact with Ernest Valencia Gonzales as is necessary to conduct the

interview.

7) This meeting between Ernest Valencia Gonzales and Dr. Scherzer shall take place in a room that allows for privacy. The door to the room in which the meeting takes place shall be open or closed during the meeting, at the discretion of Dr. Scherzer.

In either event, the room will have windows which allow the

Deputy Warden, through his staff, to observe the meeting. Dr. Scherzer shall sit in the chair closest to the door, and Ernest

Valencia Gonzales shall not go between her and the door without permission. The room in which the meeting takes place shall have two chairs and a table no larger than three feet in width.

8) Before being allowed the contact visit authorized herein, Dr.

Scherzer shall certify in a written release to ADOC that she has

investigated and ascertained the risks to her personal safety

associated with the visit as authorized by and under the circumstances described in this order; that she agrees to assume those risks; that she releases and holds harmless ADOC, the

State of Arizona, and their officers and employees from any

claim arising from death or injury associated with the risks assumed. However, such release shall not operate as a release of gross negligence on the part of ADOC.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court certify this Order.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court forward a copy of this

Order to: 

LETICIA MARQUEZ, TIM GABRIELSEN, 

Assistant Federal Public Defenders (Petitioner’s Counsel of Record);

JOHN PRESSLEY TODD, Assistant Attorney General (Respondent’s Counsel of Record); 

MICHAEL BRODSKY, 

Office of the Attorney General, 

1275 West Washington, 

Phoenix, Arizona 85007; 

Deputy Warden TERRY JOHNSON and Sgt. C.STITT, 

Arizona State Prison - Eyman Prison Complex - SMU II, 

4374 East Butte Avenue, 

Florence, Arizona 85232;

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DR. ANNA S. SCHERZER, 

10900 North Scottsdale Road, Suite 502, 

Scottsdale, Arizona 85254; and to 

CAPITAL CASE STAFF ATTORNEY, 

United States District Court, 

Phoenix, Arizona, only.

DATED this 13th day of October, 2006.

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