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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODNEY BERRYMAN, Case No. 1:95-cv-05309-JLT

Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

v. ORDER REGARDING EX PARTE

APPLICATION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

TRAVIS PENNINGTON, Acting Warden of UNDER SEAL California Institution for Men at Chino, 15 Respondent.1

17 I. INTRODUCTION On April 8, 2024, Petitioner Rodney Berryman, through appointed Criminal Justice Act2 (hereinafter “CJA”) counsel Tim Brosnan and Saor Stetler, filed on the public docket a Notice of Filing under Seal (Doc. 505), regarding an Ex Parte Application to Seal, an Ex Parte Application to Withdraw as CJA Counsel, and an Ex Parte Declaration of Counsel in Support of Motion to Withdraw. As grounds for the sealing request, Petitioner asserts the documents proposed for sealing contain privileged attorney-client and attorney work product materials. (Doc. 505.) Petitioner states that the documents proposed for sealing have not been provided

1 In light of Petitioner’s…