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Parties Involved:
Ruben Valdez
Petitioner
Tim Virga
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a habeas corpus action 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. ' 2254. On July 30, 2015, Petitioner filed a motion to extend time 

to file objections to the findings and recommendations. Good cause having been 

presented to the Court, Petitioner's motion to extend time is granted.

On the same date, Petitioner filed a request for a copy of state court records. 

Applicable law, 28 U.S.C. ' 2250, provides: 

If on any application for a writ of habeas corpus an order has been made 

permitting the petitioner to prosecute the application in forma pauperis, the 

clerk of any court of the United States shall furnish to the petitioner without 

cost certified copies of such documents or parts of the record on file in his 

office as may be required by order of the judge before whom the 

application is pending.

RUBEN VALDEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

TIM VIRGA,

Respondent.

1:12-cv-01784 AWI-MJS (HC)

ORDER GRANTING FIRST MOTION 

FOR EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE 

OBJECTIONS (Doc. 46)

45-DAY DEADLINE

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR 

STATE COURT RECORDS (Doc. 47)

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28 U.S.C. § 2250. The record in this case establishes that Petitioner was granted in 

forma pauperis status on November 2, 2012. (ECF No. 5.) A § 2250 request "rests within 

the discretion of the judge presiding in the case" who may decide what, if any, copies 

should be provided to an indigent habeas petition. See Foss v. Martel, No. 09-cv-3551, 

2011 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 66368, 2011 WL 2414512, at *2-3 (E.D. Cal. June 10, 2011).

This is Petitioner's third request for his state court records. (See ECF Nos. 26-27, 

47.) Upon review, his prior requests encompassed nearly all of those records. 

 Petitioner contends that the documents are necessary to properly prepare 

objections to the findings and recommendation in which the Magistrate Judge

determined that the petition should be denied. To ensure that Petitioner is provided an 

opportunity to properly present his objections, the Court shall grant the request and 

provide Petitioner the state court records specifically stated in his requests. (Id.) Those 

records include Respondent's lodged documents 9-18. Accordingly, the Court will, 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2250, order the Clerk of Court to furnish Petitioner a copy of the 

Respondent's lodged documents 9-18.

It is THEREFORE ORDERED:

1.) Petitioner is granted forty-five (45) days from the date of service of this order in 

which to file his objections to the Court’s findings and recommendations.

2.) The Clerk of Court shall provide Petitioner without cost a copy of Respondent's 

lodged Documents 9-18. See 28 U.S.C. § 2250.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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