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Parties Involved:
Ernesto Abordo Espinosa
Petitioner
Bob Horel
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Docket No. 1, July 12, 2006.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERNESTO ABORDO ESPINOSA,

Petitioner,

 v.

BOB HOREL, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 06-4287 MJJ

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Pending before the Court is Petitioner Ernesto Abordo Espinosa’s Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus.1 Petitioner is currently incarcerated at the California State Prison, Solano, in

Vacaville, California. Petitioner was found guilty of second degree murder. Petitioner alleges two

claims. First, the trial court violated Petitioner’s due process rights by the admission of evidence of

Petitioner’s prior domestic violence offenses solely to prove that Petitioner had a propensity to

commit such offenses. Second, the admission into evidence of a witness’s hearsay statements

violated Petitioner’s rights pursuant to the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.

This Court may entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in

custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in

violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). 

The court shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why

the writ should not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant or person

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detained is not entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 

For good cause shown, Respondent shall, by January 24, 2007, show cause why a writ of

habeas corpus should not be issued. If Petitioner wishes to respond, he shall do so within thirty days

of his receipt of the answer. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 15, 2006 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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