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Parties Involved:
Steven Allen Brown
Petitioner
Ronald Davis
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN ALLEN BROWN,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS, Warden of California State 

Prison at San Quentin,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01796-DAD

DEATH PENALTY CASE

ORDER SETTING CASE MANAGEMENT 

CONFERENCE

Date: June 1, 2020

Time: 1:30 p.m.

Courtroom: 5

Judge: Hon. Dale A. Drozd

On December 23, 2019, petitioner Steven Allen Brown, a state prisoner facing capital 

punishment, commenced this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by filing applications for 

appointment of counsel to represent him, stay of execution, and to proceed in forma pauperis. 

On January 9, 2020, California Deputy Attorney General Charity Whitney noticed her 

appearance in this action. 

On January 13, 2020, the court issued an order referring the case to the Selection Board 

for the Eastern District of California for recommendation of counsel, denying without prejudice 

petitioner’s application for stay of execution and granting petitioner’s application to proceed in 

forma pauperis.

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On January 31, 2020, the court adopted the recommendation of the Selection Board and 

appointed attorneys Sara Cohbra and John Mills to represent petitioner in this action. 

Accordingly, 

1. On June 1, 2020, at 1:30 p.m., the undersigned will hold the initial case 

management conference. The parties may appear at that time by telephonically.

Counsel are directed to contact the court’s courtroom deputy Jami Thorpe, to 

advise that they will be appearing telephonically and to obtain the teleconference 

number and pass code. 

2. Petitioner’s counsel shall be prepared to discuss the date for filing the federal 

habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and any intention of seeking tolling. 

3. Respondent’s counsel shall be prepared to discuss a date for filing the answer or 

other responsive pleading as well as setting a date for electronic lodging of the 

state court record. (See Local Rule 191(h)(1).) The court’s expectation regarding 

electronic lodging of the state record is that: 

a. Respondent’s counsel shall file a Notice of Lodging and lodge the state 

court record in electronic (optical character recognition) format on the 

court’s electronic filing system, each item of the state court record shall be 

lodged as an attachment to the Notice of Lodging, for each separate 

attachment the Notice of Lodging shall identify the attachment number 

and the Bate-stamp numbers and the name of that part of the record 

including its internal pagination if any, the identical identifying 

information shall also be included as the docket title of each electronically 

lodged attachment to the Notice of Lodging, to the extent possible each 

separate paper volume of the state court record shall be lodged as one 

attachment, 

b. State sealed records shall be lodged in paper form, and 

c. Respondent’s counsel need not lodge the state court record on CDs and 

courtesy copies on CD are not required. 

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4. Counsel for petitioner and respondent shall meet and confer regarding the above 

scheduling and other matters and file not later than one (1) week prior to the case 

management conference a joint statement summarizing their discussions including 

matters upon which they agree and their respective positions in the event of 

disagreement. 

5. At the conclusion of the case management conference, respondent’s counsel will 

be excused and the conference will continue ex parte with counsel for petitioner 

present to discuss budgeting matters including requirements of: the Criminal 

Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A (“CJA”) Policies and Procedures of the Judicial 

Council of the Ninth Circuit;1the Guidelines for Administering the CJA and 

Related Statutes, Volume 7, Part A, Guide to Judiciary Policy;2and applicable 

requirements of the Guide to Case Management and Budgeting in Capital Habeas 

Cases in the Eastern District of California Fresno Division.3 Counsel for 

petitioner shall submit a complete initial budget including supporting 

documentation through eVoucher not later than one (1) week prior to the case 

management conference.4 The court-authorized CJA funding will be submitted to 

and reviewed by the Ninth Circuit’s Capital Case Committee. The Capital Case 

Committee will then make a recommendation to the Judicial Council of the Ninth 

Circuit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 3, 2020 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

 

1Available at https://www.ca9.uscourts.gov/attorneys/ 

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3 Available at http://www.caed.uscourts.gov/caednew/index.cfm/forms/cja-capital-habeas-forms/

 

4 Counsel shall work with Ninth Circuit Case Managing Attorney Jennifer Naegele (email: 

jnaegele@ce9.uscourts.gov; phone (415) 355-8986) to prepare the budget and receive 

instructions for using eVoucher.

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