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Parties Involved:
Richard Kirkland
Respondent
Steven Lee Varnum
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEVEN LEE VARNUM,

Petitioner,

v.

RICHARD KIRKLAND,

Respondent.

No. 2:04-cv-2659 GEB CKD P (TEMP)

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254. On December 16, 2008, United States Magistrate Judge Charlene 

H. Sorrentino issued findings and recommendations which recommended that petitioner’s habeas 

petition be denied. By order dated January 21, 2009, those findings and recommendations were 

adopted by the assigned district judge and judgment was entered accordingly. Subsequently, a 

certificate of appealability was issued by the district court on petitioner’s claim that his 

confession was unconstitutionally admitted into evidence at his trial. 

Petitioner filed a timely notice of appeal and a request for the appointment of counsel. His 

request for counsel was granted and counsel was appointed to represent him. The United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied petitioner’s appeal by order dated April 29, 2011. 

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On August 19, 2015, petitioner filed a motion for relief from judgment pursuant to Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 60(b). Good cause appearing, respondent will be ordered to file a response to that motion 

within thirty days.

Accordingly, IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Respondent shall file a response to petitioner’s August 19, 2015 motion for relief from 

judgment within thirty days from the date of this order.

2. Petitioner may file a reply to respondent’s response within fourteen days from the 

filing of the response.

Dated: November 24, 2015

Varnum2659.60b

du

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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