Alphonso Howard v. Robert Ayres

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Petitioner Alphonso Howard filed a request for the appointment of counsel and a stay of execution of death sentence in this Court on October 17, 2008.

Howard's conviction and sentence were affirmed on February 4, 2008. People v. Howard, 42 Cal. 4th 1000 (2008). Howard sought a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court on June 25, 2008, which was denied on October 14, 2008. The denial of certiorari stated the running of the statute of limitations for the filing of a federal habeas petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1). However, Howard filed a state habeas petition on June 5, 2006. The federal statute of limitations is statutorily tolled, so long as the state habeas petition is deemed to be properly filed. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2).

Accordingly, the Court hereby appoints the Federal Public Defender of the Central District to represent Alphonso Howard for the limited purpose of determining whether Howard

is initiating these federal habeas proceedings prematurely. Howard does not declare that he believes he is compelled to file a federal habeas petition pursuant to Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 544 U.S. 408, 125 S. Ct. 1807, 161 L. Ed. 2d 669 (2005) at this time. Rather Howard simply states that he believes that the California Supreme Court may deny this state habeas petition, and then the federal limitations period will start running.

The Federal Public Defender and the Attorney General's Office shall file a Joint Status Report addressing whether Howard is prematurely initiating a federal habeas action, or whether a Pace protective petition is necessary in this case. The Joint Status Report shall be filed on or before November 10, 2008.

IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: October $\underset{―}{22}$ , 2008

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Case No. CV 08-06851 SGL Case Title Alphonso Howard v. Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Warden Title of Document ORDER STAYING EXECUTION AND RE: TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT

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CV 08-7-6851 SGL: Alphonso Howard -v- Robert Ayers, Jr., Service List re: Order Re: Temporary Appointment of Counsel

Hon. Stephen G. Larson U.S. District Judge

United States District Court, Eastern Division 3470 Twelfth Street Riverside, CA 92501 Sean Kennedy Federal Public Defender 321 East $2^{\text{nd}}$ Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Alphonso Howard C.D.C. #H-54602

San Quentin State Prison San Quentin, California 94974 Los Angeles County District Attorney 210 W. Temple, ${18}^{\text{th}}$ Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012 David Madeo Deputy Attorney General Office of the Attorney General 300 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90013 David Adams Deputy State Public Defender 801 "K" Street, Suite 1100 Sacramento, CA 95814

Robert L. Ayers, Jr., Acting Warden San Quentin State Prison San Quentin, CA 94974 Capital Habeas Law Clerks U.S. District Court

312 N. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 90012 Michael G. Millman Executive Director California Appellate Project 101 Second Street, #600 San Francisco, CA 94105 Jan B. Norman Attorney at Law 1000 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 600 Los Angeles, CA 90017 Clerk of the Court Los Angeles County Superior Court 210 W. Temple Street, $2^{\text{nd}}$ Floor Los Angeles, CA 90012

CV 08-7-6851 SGL: Alphonso Howard -v- Robert Ayers, Jr., Service List re: Order Re: Temporary Appointment of Counsel

I hereby certify that this document was served by First Class Mail Postage Prepaid or Inter-Office Messenger, to all counsel (or parties) at their respective most recent address of record in this action on this date.

Dated: Deputy Clerk:

Case Details

Case Name: Alphonso Howard v. Robert Ayres

Court Name: District Court, C.D. California

Date Published: Oct 22, 2008

Citation: 2:08-cv-06851

Docket Number: 2:08-cv-06851

Court Abbreviation: C.D. Cal.