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Parties Involved:
Steve Freitas
Respondent
Jose Luis Saldana Zavala
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE LUIS SALDANA ZAVALA,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEVE FREITAS,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00845-VC 

ORDER RE HEARING ON THE 

PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS

Re: Dkt. No. 1

A hearing on the petition for a writ of habeas corpus is scheduled for May 14, 2015 at 

10:00 a.m.

The petitioner is correct that Form DV-110 is poorly drafted and could, under certain 

circumstances, result in a wrongful conviction. For example, if (i) the address placed in Section 1 

of Form DV-110 were but a mailing address for the victim, and (ii) Section 6 of Form DV-110 

ordered a defendant to stay away from the "home" of the victim listed in Section 1, then (iii) the 

defendant could not be convicted under California Penal Code § 273.6 for violating the restraining 

order for going near the address listed in Section 1. That is because the restraining order in this 

example does not order the defendant to stay away from that address; it orders the defendant to 

stay away from the victim's home.

The question is whether this case fits the above example. In its answer, the State has not 

adequately explained why it does not. The State should be prepared to do so at the hearing. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 26, 2015

______________________________________

 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

Case 3:14-cv-00845-VC Document 29 Filed 03/27/15 Page 1 of 1