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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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AO72A

(Rev. 8/82)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

EL DORADO DIVISION

RAY DANSBY PETITIONER

V. Civil No. 03-CV-1146

LARRY NORRIS, Director,

Arkansas Department of corrections RESPONDENT

O R D E R

Currently before the Court is Petitioner’s Motion for

Judgement on the Pleadings as to Claim II of the Petitioner’s

Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed on August 5,

2005. In their Response dated August 12, 2005, the Respondent

opposes the motion.

Petitioner cites judicial economy as the reason Claim II

of the petition should be adjudicated prior to the September

20, 2005 evidentiary hearing due to “the expenditure of the

considerable time and funds that will be necessary to prepare

for and conduct an evidentiary hearing on the other 25

claims.” Motion, p. 2. It is important to note that the

evidentiary hearing will not encompass 25 claims, but instead

only the 5 claims previously set out, and includes the claim

at issue in the pending motion.

Judicial economy would not result by delaying the

evidentiary hearing to resolve one claim. The evidentiary

hearing will go forward as scheduled, on September 20, 2005.

Petitioner shall timely provide the Respondent notice of the

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witnesses they intend to call and the evidence they intend to

introduce at the hearing.

Petitioner’s Motion for Judgement on the Pleadings as to

Claim II of the Petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus is Denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED THIS 17th day of August 2005.

 /S/ Robert T. Dawson 

Robert T. Dawson

United States District Judge

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