Document ID: s3://data.kl3m.ai/documents/govinfo/USCOURTS/USCOURTS-cand-4_13-cv-01225/USCOURTS-cand-4_13-cv-01225-8/pdf.json

Parties Involved:
B. Gower
Respondent
Danell L. Pratt
Petitioner

Document Text:

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

10 

11 

12 

13 

14 

15 

16 

17 

18 

19 

20 

21 

22 

23 

24 

25 

26 

27 

28 

United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

a

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DANELL L. PRATT, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

B. GOWER, Warden, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 13-cv-01225-YGR 

ORDER REQUIRING SUPPLEMENTAL 

BRIEFING

Re: Dkt. No. 1 

Regarding Danell Pratt’s Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Dkt. No. 1), the parties shall 

file supplemental briefs of no more than eight (8) pages each by June 5, 2015, addressing the 

following issue: 

In his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Superior Court of California, the Petitioner 

raised four grounds for the relief sought: (1) ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”) in 

connection with his counsel’s opening statement; (2) IAC for failure to impeach prosecution 

witnesses; (3) IAC for failure to present third-party culpability evidence; and (4) complete denial 

of counsel. (Dkt. No. 24-2, Ex. I.) The Petitioner listed Grounds 1 and 2 within the appropriate 

boxes of the MC-275 petition for writ of habeas corpus state form. (Id.) The additional Grounds 

3 and 4 were listed separately in an attachment to the form. (Id.) The state court’s order denying 

the petition specifically references the first two grounds, included on the form, but makes no 

mention of the last two, included on the attachment. (Dkt. No. 24-2, Ex. J.) In light of these 

unusual circumstances, suggesting the state court may have overlooked the grounds listed on the 

attachment to the petition form, the supplemental briefing shall address whether or not the Court 

should apply a de novo standard of review as to those unmentioned grounds. See, e.g., Johnson v. 

Williams, 133 S. Ct. 1088, 1091 (2013). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 20, 2015 

______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT JUDGE

Case 4:13-cv-01225-YGR Document 37 Filed 05/20/15 Page 1 of 1