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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GABRIEL GONZALEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

DERRAL G. ADAMS,

Respondent.

 /

CV F 07-00859 AWI DLB HC

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S REQUEST

FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE, WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

[Doc. 12]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On August 2, 2007, Petitioner filed a motion for judicial notice. (Court Doc. 12.) 

Petitioner requests that the Court take judicial notice of certain California Penal Code sections

defining California law. Petitioner is advised that the Court does not judicial notice of law in a

vacuum. Respondent has yet to file a responsive pleading in this case and the issues are therefore

not fully developed. Petitioner’s request must be made in the context of some proceeding in

which the facts are to be placed in evidence. There is no need, at this stage in the litigation, for

the court to take judicial notice of California statutes defining the law. Plaintiff may use the

definitions of California law in his legal argument at the appropriate juncture. 

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for judicial notice is

DENIED, without prejudice. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: September 10, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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