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Parties Involved:
Shaun Roberts
Defendant
USA
Plaintiff

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REQUEST FOR TRANSCRIPT OF CR-05-00567-JSW

SEALED PROCEEDINGS

UNITED STATES V. SHAUN ROBERTS

Christopher Johns (SBN 90815)

JOHNS & ALLYN, APC

1010 B Street, Suite 350

San Francisco, CA 94901

(415) 459-5223

Fax: (415) 453-2555

email: cjohns@johnsandallyn.com

Attorney for Defendant,

SHAUN ROBERTS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff-Appellee,

 v.

SHAUN ROBERTS,

 Defendant-Appellant. 

Case No. CR-05-00567-JSW

9th Circuit Appeal No. 06-10564

EX PARTE REQUEST FOR

TRANSCRIPT OF SEALED

PROCEEDINGS; PROPOSED ORDER;

AND DECLARATION OF

CHRISTOPHER JOHNS IN SUPPORT

THEREOF

TO: THE HONORABLE JEFFREY S. WHITE, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Defendant-Appellant, Shaun Roberts, by and through his appointed appellate

counsel, Christopher Johns, Esq., hereby requests that this Court enter an order

directing the Clerk of the Court and/or Court Reporter Debra Pas, CSR CRR, to provide

appellate counsel with a copy of the sealed proceedings of the reporter’s transcript for

January 4, 2006, comprising 3 (three) pages, identified as pages 22 through 24 of the

transcript, which the Court has previously ordered sealed. As set forth in the attached

Declaration of Christopher Johns, Official Reporter Debra Pas, CSR, has advised that

the sealed portion of the transcript has been filed with the Clerk of the Court and that

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she would provide counsel with a copy of said sealed proceedings but would need an

Order from this Court in order to do so. The sealed portion of the transcript involves the

Motion to Sever Proceedings, which took place on January 4, 2006, with regard to a

motion brought by Defendant-Appellant, Shaun Roberts, to sever the two robbery

counts which had been consolidated. As noted, the sealed portion of the transcript are

pages 22-24 of the January 4, 2006 transcript reported by Court Reporter Debra Pas

regarding an offer of proof made by the defense outside the presence of the

Government relative to the Motion to Sever. As noted in the Declaration of Christopher

Johns, the sealed portions of the transcript are necessary in order for appellate counsel

to make a determination as to whether the issue of severance should be raised on

appeal as an appellate issue, but counsel cannot make this determination absent a

review and consideration of the proffer made by defense counsel, Michael Berger,

which was done under seal. As further reflected in the Declaration of Christopher

Johns, prior to making this application, counsel spoke with AUSA Tracie Brown who

noted that the Government has no objection to the request that the sealed portion of

the transcript be provided to appellate counsel. Moreover, appellate counsel agreed

that in the event that the transcript or the contents thereof will be utilized for purposes of

addressing the severance as an issue on appeal, that appellate counsel will provide

counsel for the Government, Tracie Brown, with a copy of the sealed portion of the

transcript and, moreover, the sealed portion of the transcript will be included in the

Excerpt of Record filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

The opening brief in this case is due to be filed June 1, 2007, and hence, time is

of the essence. It is respectfully requested that this Court enter an Order directing that

the Clerk of the Court and/or court reporter to provide appellate counsel with a copy of

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the sealed portion of the transcript of January 4, 2006, in United States v. Shaun

Roberts, case no. CR-05-00567-JSW, comprising pages 22-24.

DATED: May 11, 2007 Respectfully submitted,

JOHNS & ALLYN

A Professional Corporation

 By: ________________________

CHRISTOPHER JOHNS

Attorneys for Defendant-Appellant

Shaun Roberts

DECLARATION OF CHRISTOPHER JOHNS

1. I, Christopher Johns, am an attorney duly licensed to practice law in the

State of California and am admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the

Northern District of California, as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

I am the attorney of record for Defendant-Appellant, Shaun Roberts, having been

appointed under the Criminal Justice Act by way of a CJA 20 Appointment Order, filed

February 5, 2005, nunc pro tunc November 7, 2006, to represent Defendant-Appellant

Roberts on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in this

action. I have personal knowledge of the matters attested to in this Declaration, and if

called as a witness I could and would competently testify thereto. 

2. I hereby request that a copy of the transcript of the January 4, 2006,

Motion to Sever proceedings, specifically the sealed portion of the January 4, 2006

transcript which was reported by Debra L. Pas, CSR 11916, pages 22 through 24, be

provided to me as appellate counsel for review and consideration in connection with the

appeal of Defendant-Appellant Shaun Roberts. In the process of reviewing the record, I

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have determined that the prior requested severance by Defendant-Appellant Shaun

Roberts may potentially be an issue that will be raised on appeal, but need the proffer

referenced at page 22 through 24 of the reporter’s transcript of January 4, 2006 in the

proceedings before Judge White to make a final determination in this regard. This

January 4, 2006 transcript reflects that a proffer was made by defense counsel, Michael

Berger, regarding the requested severance. I have been informed by Court Reporter

Debra Pas that the complete transcript has been completed and filed with the Clerk’s

Office under seal. Thus, in order to obtain a copy of the sealed portion of the

proceedings, which comprises pages 22 through 24, a court Order is required, and

hence, this request has become necessary.

3. On May 10, 2007, I spoke with AUSA Tracie Brown, counsel for the

Government in this appeal, regarding the request for the sealed portions of the

transcript. AUSA Brown advised that the Government has no objection to the

undersigned obtaining a copy of the sealed portion of the transcript, but requested that

she be provided with a copy of the sealed portion of the transcript in the event that the

severance issue becomes an issue on appeal. We both agreed and stipulated that in

the event the issue of severance becomes an issue on appeal, that I would provide her

with a copy of the sealed portion of the transcript, comprising pages 22 through 24, and

further, that I would cause the sealed portion of the transcript, pages 22 through 24 of

the January 4, 2006 transcript, to be incorporated into the Excerpt of Record filed with

the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the

foregoing is true and correct.

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Executed this 11th day of May, 2007, at San Rafael, California.

JOHNS & ALLYN

A Professional Corporation

 By: __________________________

Christopher Johns

Attorney for Defendant/Appellant 

SHAUN ROBERTS

PROPOSED ORDER

Based on the ex parte request of appellate counsel, Christopher Johns, Esq., for

Defendant/Appellant Shaun Roberts, that he receive a copy of the sealed portion of the

reporter’s transcript of January 4, 2006 in this case, comprising pages 22 through 24 of

the said transcript, the Clerk of the Court and/or Debra L. Pas, CSR, is directed to

provide appellate counsel, Christopher Johns, Esq., with the sealed portion of the

transcript, which is identified as pages 22 through 24 of the January 4, 2006 transcript. 

In the event that the subject of the sealed transcript which addresses the severance

motion brought by Defendant/Appellant Shaun Roberts becomes an issue to be

addressed on appeal with the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,

Attorney Johns will provide the Government, by way of Assistant United States Attorney

Tracie Brown, with a copy of the sealed portion of the transcript and further, that a copy

of the sealed portion of the transcript will be included in the Excerpt of Record to be

filed with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May ____, 2007 _______________________________

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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