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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PEDRO MENDOZA, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JEFFREY BEARD, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:98-cv-1857 MCE GGH P 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

 On March 29, 1999, Ms. Gail R. Weinheimer was appointed by this court to represent 

petitioner in this matter. ECF No. 9. On December 10, 1999, petitioner requested the court stay 

this proceeding so that he could exhaust newly-identified claims in state court. ECF No. 21. On 

May 8, 2000, the court granted petitioner’s request. ECF No. 29. Ms. Weinheimer never filed a 

state exhaustion petition and did not advise petitioner of her failure to file the petition. 

Declaration of Gail R. Weinheimer, ECF No. 34, ¶ 5. This case remained stayed from May 8, 

2000 to November 21, 2014. ECF Nos. 29, 42. On October 16, 2014, Ms. Weinheimer requested 

the court appoint new counsel for petitioner, which the court granted. ECF Nos. 34, 36. 

 Local Rule 180(e) provides the standards of professional conduct for those practicing in 

the United States District Court for Eastern District of California. 

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Every member of the Bar of this Court, and any attorney permitted 

to practice in this Court, . . . shall become familiar with and 

comply with the standards of professional conduct required of 

members of the State Bar of California and contained in the State 

Bar Act, the Rules of Professional Conduct of the State Bar of 

California, and court decisions applicable thereto, which are hereby 

adopted as standards of professional conduct in this Court. 

Pursuant to Local Rule 184, the court may, after reasonable notice and opportunity to show cause 

to the contrary, take any appropriate disciplinary action against any attorney who engages in 

conduct that may warrant discipline. 

 Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. Within fourteen days of this order, Ms. Gail R. Weinheimer shall show cause in 

writing why she should not be disbarred from practice in the United States District Court for the 

Eastern District of California for abandonment of a client; and 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall serve this order on Ms. Weinheimer at P.O. Box 1078, 

Woodacre, CA 94973 and at weinheimer@earthlink.net. 

Dated: April 13, 2015 

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows 

 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

GGH:016/mend1857.osc.disbar 

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