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Parties Involved:
Nicholas Louis Busich
Petitioner
Jeffrey Wrigley
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NICHOLAS LOUIS BUSICH,

Petitioner, No. CIV-06-0936 ALA HC

vs.

JEFFREY WRIGLEY, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Pending before the court is Petitioner’s May 1, 2007 “Request to Enter Default and Set

Matter for Evidentiary Hearing. FedRCivPRO, Rule 55 ” (doc. 20). Therein, Petitioner argues

for entry of default on the ground that although the court ordered a response by April 27, 2007,

Respondent failed to respond by that date. Although Petitioner’s assertion is correct, “[t]he

failure to respond to claims raised in a petition for habeas corpus does not entitle the petitioner to

a default judgment.” Gordon v. Duran, 895 F.2d 610, 612 (9th Cir. 1990). Therefore,

Petitioner’s request for entry of default is denied. 

To the extent that Petitioner also moves for an evidentiary hearing, that request is also

denied. Petitioner has provided no explanation as to why an evidentiary hearing is necessary. 

See Schriro v. Landrigan, 127 S. Ct. 1933, 1940 (2007) (“In deciding whether to grant an

evidentiary hearing, a federal court must consider whether such a hearing could enable an

applicant to prove the petition's factual allegations, which, if true, would entitle the applicant to

federal habeas relief.”). 

Therefore, IT IS ORDERED DENYING Petitioner’s “Request to Enter Default and Set

Matter for Evidentiary Hearing. FedRCivPRO, Rule 55” (doc. 20). 

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DATED: December 21, 2007

/s/ Arthur Alarcón UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

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