Stanley v. Ayers

Filing 65

STIPULATION AND ORDER re 63 re Respondent's Discovery in Connection with Competency Determination filed by Kevin Chappell. Signed by Judge Edward M. Chen on 8/1/12. (bpf, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/1/2012)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 KAMALA D. HARRIS Attorney General of California GLENN R. PRUDEN Supervising Deputy Attorney General MICHELE J. SWANSON Deputy Attorney General State Bar No. 191193 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000 San Francisco, CA 94102-7004 Telephone: (415) 703-5703 Fax: (415) 703-1234 E-mail: Michele.Swanson@doj.ca.gov Attorneys for Respondent ROGER I. TEICH State Bar No. 147076 290 Nevada Street San Francisco, CA 94110 Telephone: (415) 948-0045 E-mail: rteich@juno.com 11 12 13 14 DAVID A. NICKERSON State Bar No. 111885 32 Bridgegate Drive San Rafael, CA 94903 Telephone: (415) 507-9097 E-mail: nickersonlaw@comcast.net Attorneys for Petitioner 15 16 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 17 FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 18 SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 19 20 21 DARREN CORNELIUS STANLEY, 22 23 C 07-4727 EMC Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE RESPONDENT’S DISCOVERY IN CONNECTION WITH COMPETENCY DETERMINATION 24 25 26 KEVIN CHAPPELL, Acting Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, Respondent. 27 28 1 Stip. and [Proposed] Order re Resp’t’s Discovery in Connection with Competency Determination (C 07-4727 EMC) 1 On April 23, 2012, this Court granted petitioner’s motion to determine competency. On 2 May 8 and 15, 2012, the parties filed a Joint Case Management Statement and replies addressing 3 the structure and schedule for the Court’s determination of petitioner’s present competency to 4 assist counsel and participate in these capital habeas corpus proceedings. The Court has not yet 5 issued an order setting forth the structure and schedule for the competency determination. 6 Subject to approval by this Court, the parties hereby agree and stipulate to the following: 7 1) Pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, there is good cause for 8 respondent’s request for production of the following documents from petitioner under Rule 34 of 9 the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to the extent petitioner’s counsel have such documents in 10 their possession as of the date of the entry of the Order on this Stipulation: 11 a) petitioner’s birth and pediatric medical and mental health records; 12 b) petitioner’s school records (elementary, middle, and high schools); 13 c) petitioner’s juvenile hall and California Youth Authority (CYA) records 14 (including disciplinary, medical, mental health, education, and work); 15 d) petitioner’s jail records (medical/mental health only) from the period when he was 16 incarcerated during the pretrial, trial, and sentencing stages of this case; 17 e) the "medical document" of petitioner's maternal grandfather, Isaac Hayes, who 18 was diagnosed with psychosis due to epilepsy, and which was relied upon by Dr. 19 Benson in his state habeas declaration (see paragraph 3(e) of declaration); and, 20 f) all mental health records of petitioner’s family members in petitioner’s possession, 21 whether or not provided to Dr. Gregory or Dr. Hines. 22 2) Pursuant to Rule 6 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, there is good cause for 23 respondent to issue third-party subpoenas for the following documents under Rule 45 of the 24 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: 25 a) petitioner’s juvenile hall and California Youth Authority (CYA) records 26 (including disciplinary, medical, mental health, education, and work); and, 27 b) petitioner’s jail records (medical/mental health only) from the period when he was 28 incarcerated during the pretrial, trial, and sentencing stages of this case. 2 Stip. and [Proposed] Order re Resp’t’s Discovery in Connection with Competency Determination (C 07-4727 EMC) 1 2 3) The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure will apply to respondent's request for production of documents and issuance of subpoenas. 3 4 4) Petitioner will produce the above requested documents and/or issue objections within 30 days of the Court's order on this stipulation; 5 5) Respondent’s third-party subpoenas will issue within 7 days of the Court's order on this 6 stipulation and will command production of responsive documents within 30 days of issuance of 7 the subpoena. Within 7 days of respondent’s receipt of responsive documents, respondent will 8 provide copies of the documents to petitioner at petitioner's expense. Petitioner will rely upon the 9 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for relief if any third party fails to comply in a timely manner. 10 6) Documents produced in response to respondent's discovery request and subpoenas will 11 be covered by any protective order issued by the Court in connection with the competency 12 determination. 13 7) Petitioner reserves the right to object to the admission of any of the documents obtained 14 pursuant to this Stipulation on the grounds that such documents are irrelevant or inconsequential 15 to the determination of Petitioner’s present competency to meaningfully assist counsel or 16 participate in these habeas corpus proceedings. Petitioner reserves the right the object on these 17 same grounds to any expert opinions based upon any documents obtained pursuant to this 18 Stipulation, or upon the non-existence or unavailability of responsive documents. 19 IT IS SO STIPULATED. 20 Dated: July 27, 2012 By: /s/ Michele J. Swanson________ GLENN R. PRUDEN Supervising Deputy Attorney General MICHELE J. SWANSON Deputy Attorney General Attorneys for Respondent Dated: July 27, 2012 21 By: /s/ Roger I. Teich_____________ ROGER I. TEICH DAVID A. NICKERSON Attorneys for Petitioner 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 /// /// 3 Stip. and [Proposed] Order re Resp’t’s Discovery in Connection with Competency Determination (C 07-4727 EMC) S RT 6 ER H 5 SF2007402979 20628224.doc R NIA NO 4 _____________________________ HONORABLE EDWARD M.n HEN C he United States ard M. CJudge wDistrict d Judge E FO 8/1/12 Dated: ____________ A 3 ERED O ORD IT IS S LI 2 UNIT ED IT IS SO ORDERED. RT U O 1 S DISTRICT TE C TA N F D IS T IC T O R C 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 4 Stip. and [Proposed] Order re Resp’t’s Discovery in Connection with Competency Determination (C 07-4727 EMC) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Case Name: Stanley v. Chappell, Acting Warden No. C 07-4727 EMC I hereby certify that on July 30, 2012, I electronically filed the following documents with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system: STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER RE RESPONDENT’S DISCOVERY IN CONNECTION WITH COMPETENCY DETERMINATION I certify that all participants in the case are registered CM/ECF users and that service will be accomplished by the CM/ECF system. I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California the foregoing is true and correct and that this declaration was executed on July 30, 2012, at San Francisco, California. D. Desuyo Declarant 20628426.doc /s/ D. Desuyo Signature

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