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6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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11 PEDRO RANGEL, Case No. 1:18-cv-01713-AWI-SAB

12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

13 v. ORDER PROVIDING FURTHER

SCHEDULING

14 RONALD DAVIS, Warden of San Quentin State Prison, 15 Respondent.1 16

17 18 On December 14, 2018, Petitioner Pedro Rangel, a state prisoner facing capital 19 punishment, commenced this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 20 On February 25, 2020, Petitioner, through appointed counsel D. Jay Ritt and Verna 21 Wefald, filed in this proceeding his petition, including argument and points and authorities, 22 totaling 128 pages, supported by six exhibits. 23 On October 27, 2020, Respondent Warden Ronald Davis, through counsel Deputy 24 Attorney General Sally Espinoza, filed his answer to the petition, including all substantive and 25 procedural defenses, argument and points and authorities, totaling 76 pages. 26

27 1 Ron Broomfield, Acting Warden of San Quentin State Prison, is substituted for Ronald Davis, former…