Sexton
(HC) Gonzalez v. Sexton
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS MIGUEL GONZALEZ, Case No. 1:18-cv-00039-DAD-JDP Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING EXPANSION OF THE
RECORD
v.
ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE
MICHAEL SEXTON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner Luis Miguel Gonzalez, a state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On March 4, 2019, this court denied respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as time-barred. ECF No. 23. Petitioner then moved for leave to conduct discovery. ECF No. 18 at 38-40. We granted petitioner’s motion and appointed counsel for petitioner for the limited purposes of obtaining discovery. ECF No. 24. Specifically, petitioner sought a copy of the case file relating to his state appellate case that was maintained by his previous counsel. See id. at 1. On January 6, 2020, a copy of petitioner’s state appellate case file was delivered to this court and subsequently given to petitioner’s counsel. Now that the limited scope discovery has been…