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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH MARTIN DANKS, Case No. 1:11-cv-00223-JLT

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER REGARDING PETITIONER’S

REQUEST TO FILE DOCUMENTS

RON BROOMFIELD, Warden of California UNDER SEAL State Prison at San Quentin, 15 Respondent.1

17 I. INTRODUCTION On June 27, 2023, Petitioner, through counsel, the Habeas Corpus Resource Center by attorney Margo Hunter, filed on the public docket a Notice of Request to Seal portions of the sealed reporter’s transcript of state trial court proceedings dated July 7, 1992, November 10, 1992, January 22, 1993, and February 1, 1993, (collectively the “Sealed Reporter’s Transcript”) relating to Petitioner’s motions to substitute counsel pursuant to People v. Marsden, 2 Cal. 3d 118 (1970). (Doc. 86.) The Notice is associated with the Court’s June 2, 2023 order (Doc. 83) that modified case scheduling to afford counsel for Respondent, Deputy Attorney General Justain Riley, access to the…