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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

FRESNO DIVISION

PHILLIP ANGEL SENTENO,

Petitioner,

CASE NO. 08cv0694-JLS(JMA) 

CASE STATUS FOLLOWING EN

BANC DECISION IN HAYWARD

V. MARSHALL AND BRIEFING

ORDER

vs.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA; DERRAL

ADAMS, Warden,

Respondents.

Petitioner Phillip Angel Senteno ("Senteno"), a state prisoner confined at the California

Substance Abuse Treatment Facility and State Prison ("SATF"), Corcoran, proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis, sought a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 writ of habeas corpus challenging the Governor's reversal

of the Board of Parole Hearings' 2006 decision to grant him parole. This case, along with many other

habeas corpus cases raising parole denial issues under California law, highlighted a dispute regarding

the appropriate standard of review to apply, a question anticipated since 2008 to be clarified by the

Ninth Circuit's decision following its en banc rehearing of Hayward v. Marshall, 512 F.3d 536 (9th

Cir.), reh'g en banc granted 527 F.3d 797 (9th Cir. 2008). 

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By Order entered December 8, 2009, the undesigned District Judge granted Senteno's Petition.

(Dkt No. 13.) Pursuant to Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, Respondents requested

a stay of the Order granting Senteno habeas relief while they appeal that result. (Dkt No. 15.) On

December 21, 2009, in consideration of the unsettled state of the law in this area, the Court granted

the stay to preserve the status quo pending the outcome of the appeal and granted a Certificate of

Appealability. (Dkt Nos. 18, 19.) By Order entered March 11, 2010, the Ninth Circuit denied

Appellee's motion to vacate the Court's stay Order, granted Appellants' "motion to stay appellate

proceedings pending issuance of the mandate in Hayward v. Marshall, appeal No. 06-55392," and held

in abeyance Appellee's motion for appointment of counsel. (Dkt No. 22.)

The Ninth Circuit filed its en banc Opinion in Hayward on April 22, 2010. After the mandate

in that case issues, the stay of appellate proceedings presumably will be lifted, and the appeal will

proceed in the normal course. Jurisdiction remains at this time with the appellate court. IT IS

HEREBY ORDERED Respondents shall promptly notify the Court of the result of their appeal,

including any associated instructions from the Ninth Circuit, accompanied by briefing to address the

appropriate disposition of this Court's stay of the Order granting Senteno habeas relief. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 11, 2010

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

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