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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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KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

RONALD S. MATTHIAS

Senior Assistant Attorney General

GLENN R. PRUDEN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

State Bar No. 195089

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Telephone: (415) 703-5959

Fax: (415) 703-1234

E-mail: Glenn.Pruden@doj.ca.gov

Attorneys for Respondent

RENE L. VALLADARES

Federal Public Defender

Nevada Bar No. 11479

MICHAEL PESCETTA

Assistant Federal Public Defender

California Bar No. 88054

michael_pescetta@fd.org

HEATHER FRALEY

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Texas Bar No. 24050621

heather_fraley@fd.org

411 E. Bonneville Ave., Ste. 250

Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Tel: (702) 388-6577

Fax: (702) 388-5819

Attorneys for Petitioner

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

RICHARD ALLEN DAVIS,

Petitioner,

v.

RON DAVIS, Acting Warden, San Quentin 

State Prison,

Respondent.

CV13-00408 EMC

JOINT STIPULATION AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER CONCERNING 

LITIGATION RELATED TO THE 

MIXED FEDERAL HABEAS PETITION

On February 19, 2015, counsel for the parties met and conferred telephonically regarding 

the exhaustion status of the claims in the amended finalized habeas petition filed on January 29, 

2015. See Habeas L. R. 2254-29(b). The results of the meet and confer are as follows:

1. Petitioner further amends the amended finalized petition as follows:

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a. The heading for Claim Twenty at p. 351 of Doc. 34 shall be changed to:

DAVIS’S FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE 

PROCESS AND A RELIABLE SENTENCE WERE 

VIOLATED BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED 

PREJUDICIAL ERROR BY ADMITTING OTHER-CRIMES 

EVIDENCE AT THE GUILT PHASE TO PROVE INTENT, 

MOTIVE, AND COMMON SCHEME TO COMMIT 

BURGLARY AND ATTEMPTED LEWD ACT UPON A 

CHILD.

b. The heading for Claim Twenty-Two at p. 375 of Doc. 34 shall be changed to:

DAVIS’S FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE 

PROCESS AND A RELIABLE SENTENCE WERE 

VIOLATED BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT 

ERRONEOUSLY GRANTED THE PROSECUTION’S 

MOTION TO VIEW THE “CRIME SCENE” WHEN THE 

PROBATIVE VALUE OF SUCH A VIEWING WAS FAR 

OUTWEIGHED BY THE PREJUDICE AND FURTHER 

RENDERED THE TRIAL PROCEEDING 

FUNDAMENTALLY UNFAIR AND UNRELIABLE.

c. The heading for Claim Twenty-Four at p. 386 of Doc. 34 shall be changed to:

DAVIS’S FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE 

PROCESS AND A RELIABLE SENTENCE WERE 

VIOLATED BECAUSE THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED 

PREJUDICIAL ERROR BY ADMITTING HIGHLY 

INFLAMMATORY PHOTOGRAPHS.

d. The heading for Claim Twenty-Nine at p. 417 of Doc. 34 shall be changed to:

DAVIS’S FEDERAL CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS TO DUE 

PROCESS, AND A RELIABLE SENTENCE WERE 

VIOLATED WHEN THE TRIAL COURT COMMITTED 

REVERSIBLE ERROR BY REJECTING DEFENSE 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PENALTY PHASE, AND, AS A 

RESULT, THE JUDGMENT OF DEATH MUST BE 

REVERSED.

2. The parties agree that the amended finalized petition, including the changes to the 

headings for Claims 20, 22, 24, and 29, set forth above, is a mixed petition. The parties further 

agree as to the exhaustion status of each of the thirty-seven claims in the petition, i.e., exhausted, 

fully unexhausted, partially unexhausted. As to partially unexhausted claims the parties agree on 

which parts of these claims are unexhausted.

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3. Accordingly, the parties recommend that the following schedule be adopted by the Court 

for litigation of the mixed petition:

a. Respondent shall file a motion to dismiss the mixed petition in lieu of an answer not 

later than March 2, 2015. See White v. Lewis, 874 F.2d 599, 602 (9th Cir. 1989); O’Bremski v. 

Maass, 915 F.2d 418, 420 (9th Cir. 1990); Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United 

States District Courts, Rule 4 and Advisory Committee Notes.

b. Petitioner shall file a joint pleading containing his response to the motion to dismiss; his 

motion for stay, see Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277-78 (2005); and his motion for an 

evidentiary hearing as to procedural issues not later than May 1, 2015.

c. Respondent shall file a joint pleading containing his reply, if any, to the response to the 

motion to dismiss; his response to the motion for Rhines stay; and his response to the motion for 

an evidentiary hearing on procedural issues not later than June 1, 2015.

d. Petitioner shall file a joint pleading containing his replies, if any, to the responses to the 

motions for Rhines stay and for an evidentiary hearing on procedural issues not later than July 3, 

2015.

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Dated: February 23, 2015 Respectfully submitted,

KAMALA D. HARRIS

Attorney General of California

RONALD S. MATTHIAS

Senior Assistant Attorney General

/s/ Glenn R. Pruden_______________

GLENN R. PRUDEN

Supervising Deputy Attorney General

Attorneys for Respondent

RENE L. VALLADARES

Federal Public Defender

Nevada Bar No. 11479

MICHAEL PESCETTA

Assistant Federal Public Defender

California Bar No. 88054

michael_pescetta@fd.org

/s/ Heather Fraley_______________

HEATHER FRALEY

Assistant Federal Public Defender

Texas Bar No. 24050621

heather_fraley@fd.org

411 E. Bonneville Ave., Ste. 250

Las Vegas, Nevada 89101

Tel: (702) 388-6577

Fax: (702) 388-5819

Attorneys for Petitioner

PURSUANT TO STIPULATION, IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: _____________________, 2015.

____________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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