Woodford

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES D. RIEL, No. 2:01-cv-00507-MCE-DB Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE v. ORDER RON BROOMFIELD, Warden, California State Prison at San Quentin, 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner under sentence of death, seeks relief through an application for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In bringing the present Request for Reconsideration (ECF No. 602), Petitioner asks this Court to reverse the Magistrate Judge’s July 8, 2020 Order (ECF No. 600) which denied Petitioner’s Motion (ECF No. 590) to vacate the order giving Respondent the right to depose Petitioner. The Magistrate Judge also directed the parties to submit a joint statement concerning the conduct of said deposition and any subsequent evidentiary hearing. In reviewing a magistrate judge’s determination, the assigned judge shall apply the “clearly erroneous or contrary to law” standard of review set forth in Local Rule 303(f), as specifically…