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Parties Involved:
Roseanne Campbell
Respondent
David Earl Pope
Petitioner

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID EARL POPE,

Petitioner,

v.

ROSEANNE CAMPBELL, warden, 

Respondent. /

No. C 06-1829 SI (pr)

ORDER FOR REPLACEMENT

TRAVERSE BRIEFING

Petitioner has filed excessive briefing in support of his traverse, which was particularly

unwelcome in light of the court’s specific order that he had a 25-page limit. The court’s May

1, 2007 Order Dismissing Motion For Summary Judgment stated: “Petitioner is cautioned that

his traverse must include all of his arguments about all of his claims. He is further cautioned that

the traverse may not exceed 25 pages in length and must be double-spaced text (whether

handwritten or typed).” A month later, he filed a 4-page traverse, a 50-page memorandum of

points and authorities in support of the traverse, and “exhibits” that included a 16-page

memorandum of points and authorities in support of his claim that he was denied selfrepresentation at the preliminary hearing as well as a 31-page memorandum of points and

authorities in support of his claim that he was improperly denied advisory counsel. Labeling

parts of the briefing as “exhibits” does not alter the fact that they are legal arguments. The

traverse and memoranda of points and authorities in support thereof total 101 pages in length,

which makes them 76 pages longer than allowed by the order limiting the traverse to 25 pages

in length. The court STRIKES the memoranda of points and authorities (docket # 27) and the

“Exhibits Vol. 2" (docket # 28) for failure to comply with the court order and will not consider

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them in ruling on the petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner has not shown good cause

for the excessive length of his briefing; his request to file a memorandum of points and

authorities in excess of 25 pages therefore is DENIED. (Docket # 25.) 

The court will permit petitioner to file a replacement memorandum of points and

authorities in support of his traverse that includes all of his legal arguments about all of his

claims. The replacement memorandum must not exceed 25 pages in length, regardless of

whether it is handwritten or typed double-spaced. The replacement memorandum must be filed

and served no later than July 27, 2007. 

Petitioner's motion for extension of time to file his traverse is DISMISSED as moot.

(Docket # 23.) 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 20, 2007 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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