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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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Order Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Further Transcripts and Production of Exhibits Submitted in Support of

Respondent’s Answer

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY WELKER,

Petitioner,

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JAMES HARTLEY, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-4551 RMW (PR)

ORDER GRANTING

PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR

FURTHER TRANSCRIPTS AND

PRODUCTION OF EXHIBITS

SUBMITTED IN SUPPORT OF

RESPONDENT’S ANSWER

(Docket Nos. 17 & 18)

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. The court reviewed petitioner’s petition and ordered the respondent to show

cause why the petition should not be granted based on petitioner’s cognizable claims. 

Respondent filed an answer and petitioner filed a traverse. Pending before the court are

petitioner’s motions for the court to order respondent to furnish additional transcripts and for

production of the exhibits respondent submitted in support of his answer.

In the court’s November 12, 2008 order to show cause, the court provided the following

instructions to respondent: “Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on petitioner a copy

of all portions of the underlying state criminal record that have been transcribed previously and

that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition.” On June 1, 2009,

respondent filed his response along with a supporting memorandum and an exhibit notice of

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Order Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Further Transcripts and Production of Exhibits Submitted in Support of

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lodging. 

Petitioner has not received respondent’s lodged exhibits. Further, upon review of the

court file, the court notes that it also does not include any of respondent’s exhibits that were

noticed. Accordingly, petitioner’s motion for respondent to provide a copy of the exhibits in

support of his response to the petition is GRANTED. 

With respect to petitioner’s motion for the court to order respondent to furnish additional

portions of transcripts, petitioner requests that the respondent provide copies of transcripts from

specific hearing dates -- namely: August 4, 2006, August 18, 2006, September 1, 2006,

September 29, 2006, October 2, 2006, and October 13, 2006. Petitioner asserts that those

transcripts are relevant to his claims. Accordingly, petitioner’s motion for respondent to furnish

additional transcripts is hereby GRANTED. 

Within thirty days of the date this order is filed, respondent shall provide petitioner with

a copy of all exhibits lodged in support of the response in addition to a copy of the transcripts of

the above referenced hearing dates. Respondent shall also provide the court a copy of both the

exhibits and the additional transcripts. Petitioner shall file any supplemental traverse withint

thirty days after receiving such documents.

This order terminates docket nos. 17 & 18. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _______________ RONALD M. WHYTE 

United States District Judge

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