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Parties Involved:
Tina Hornbeck
Respondent
Rhonda Lee Leland
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RHONDA LEE LELAND, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-0881 WBS KJM P

vs.

TINA HORNBECK, Warden,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a California prisoner pro se with an application for writ of habeas

corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has filed a motion in which she seeks permission to

seek certain items through discovery.

The court has authority to allow discovery in a habeas proceeding if the party

requesting discovery shows good cause. Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, Rule 6(a). The

court has already recommended that this action be dismissed as time-barred and petitioner fails

to show anything suggesting that further discovery would result in a different recommendation. 

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 Courts should not allow prisoners to use federal discovery for fishing expeditions to

investigate mere speculation. Calderon v. U.S. Dist. Ct., 98 F.3d 1102, 1106 (9thCir. 1996).

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Therefore, petitioner has not shown good cause for discovery1

 and her motion for discovery will

be denied.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s request for leave to

conduct discovery (#19) is denied. 

DATED: August 25, 2008. 

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