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Parties Involved:
Connie Gipson
Respondent
Roberto Herrera
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERTO HERRERA,

Petitioner,

v.

CONNIE GIPSON,

Respondent.

No. 12-cv-0508 KJM DAD P

ORDER

Petitioner’s Motion for Leave to Compel Discovery came on regularly for hearing on 

March 27, 2015, at 10:00 a.m. in the courtroom of the undersigned. Attorney Michael Bigelow 

appeared for petitioner. Deputy Attorney General Kay Lauterbach appeared for respondent. 

After hearing the arguments of counsel, and good cause appearing therefore, THE COURT 

HEREBY ORDERS AS FOLLOWS:

1. Within fourteen days1from the date of this order, respondent shall submit to the 

undersigned for in camera review the personnel file of Correctional Officer Bret Fleming, No. 

56279, as it may relate to these habeas proceedings as well as any internal affairs report 

regarding the events that are described in petitioner’s habeas petition in which he claims that his 

guilty plea was coerced.

 

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If additional time to submit the documents in question for in camera review is required, counsel 

for respondent may so advise the court and additional time will be granted for that purpose.

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2. Respondent shall attach a cover letter to the materials submitted for the court’s in 

camera review explaining respondent’s position with respect to any information that respondent 

believes should not be turned over in discovery.

3. Any material ordered to be provided to petitioner’s counsel following the court’s in 

camera review shall be produced subject to a stipulated protective order.

Dated: March 27, 2015

DAD:8

Herrera508.o(2)

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