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Parties Involved:
D. Sisto
Defendant
Robert Lynn Small
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT LYNN SMALL,

Petitioner, No. CIV-06-2172 ALA HC

vs.

D. SISTO, 

Respondent. ORDER

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The parties are instructed that Respondent’s response to Petitioner’s habeas

petition should discuss the following issues:

(1) What is the applicability, if any, of Irons v. Carey, 479 F.3d 658 (9th Cir.

2007) to the question whether Petitioner is entitled to habeas relief on his claim that

denial of his parole applications violated due process? 

(2) Is a District Court required to grant habeas relief on the basis of the law of the

Ninth Circuit when that law does not represent “clearly established Federal law, as

determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d)(1)?

If Petitioner replies to or opposes Respondent’s response, Petitioner should also

address these two issues. 

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DATED: December 19, 2007

/s/ Arthur L. Alarcón 

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

Case 2:06-cv-02172-ALA Document 9 Filed 12/20/07 Page 1 of 1