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Parties Involved:
Robert Horel
Respondent
Gregory Williams
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GREGORY WILLIAMS,

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT HOREL,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-04269 TEH

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner was convicted of first degree burglary and

being under the influence of a controlled substance. He alleges that the trial court improperly

admitted various items of evidence, that the burglary conviction was unsupported by the

evidence, and that the prosecutor engaged in misconduct.

This court may entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus on “behalf of a person in

custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in

violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). It

shall "award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why the writ

should not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant or person

detained is not entitled thereto." 28 U.S.C. § 2243. Accordingly, respondent is hereby ordered

to SHOW CAUSE why the writ of habeas corpus should not issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 

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United States District Court

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II. 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The clerk of the court shall serve by certified mail a copy of this order and the

petition and all attachments thereto upon the respondent and the respondent's attorney, the

Attorney General of the State of California. The clerk shall also serve a copy of this order on

petitioner’s counsel. 

2. Respondent shall serve and file, within 45 days of the date of this order, an answer

conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 cases, showing cause

why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued. The respondent shall file with the answer a

copy of all portions of the state trial record that have been transcribed previously and that are

relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition. 

3. If petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a traverse with

the court and serving it upon the respondent within thirty (30) days of his receipt of the answer. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that:

4. Petitioner’s application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 10, 2007 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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