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Parties Involved:
James D. Hartley
Respondent
William Lloyd Viton
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM LLOYD VITON, )

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Petitioner, )

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v. )

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JAMES D. HARTLEY, )

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Respondent. )

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1:08-cv-01666-OWW-JLT HC

ORDER CONSTRUING PETITIONER'S

REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE AS

MOTION TO SUPPLEMENT TRAVERSE

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S MOTION

TO SUPPLEMENT TRAVERSE (Doc. 20)

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On October 3, 2008, Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus in the

United States District Court for the Central District of California. (Doc. 1). On October 31, 2008,

the case was transferred to this Court. (Doc. 4). On March 30, 2009, the Court ordered Respondent

to file a response (Doc. 11), and on May 26, 2009, Respondent filed the response. (Doc. 18). On

June 15, 2009, Petitioner filed his Traverse. (Doc. 19). On July 24, 2009, Petitioner filed the instant

request for judicial notice, appending the transcript of his November 5, 2008 parole hearing and a

psychological evaluation of Petitioner dated July 30, 2008. (Doc. 20). Respondent has not file an

opposition to Petitioner's request. 

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The Court construes Petitioner's request for judicial notice as a motion to supplement his

Traverse with the 2008 parole transcript and the July 30, 2008 psychological evaluation. So

construing Petitioner's request, the Court grants Petitioner's request. 

ORDER

For the foregoing reasons, it is HEREBY ORDERED as follows:

1. Petitioner's request for judicial notice (Doc. 20), is CONSTRUED as a request to

supplement the Traverse; and,

2. So construed, Petitioner's request to supplement the Traverse (Doc. 20), is

GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2010 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

9j7khi UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

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