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4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

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

12 Petitioner, DEATH PENALTY CASE

13 v. ORDER REGARDING EX PARTE

APPLICATION TO FILE DOCUMENTS

14 TRAVIS PENNINGTON, Acting Warden of UNDER SEAL California Institution for Men at Chino, 15 Respondent.1 16

17 18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On April 8, 2024, Petitioner Rodney Berryman, through appointed Criminal Justice 20 Act2 (hereinafter “CJA”) counsel Tim Brosnan and Saor Stetler, filed on the public docket a 21 Notice of Filing under Seal (Doc. 505), regarding an Ex Parte Application to Seal, an Ex Parte 22 Application to Withdraw as CJA Counsel, and an Ex Parte Declaration of Counsel in Support 23 of Motion to Withdraw. As grounds for the sealing request, Petitioner asserts the documents 24 proposed for sealing contain privileged attorney-client and attorney work product materials. 25 (Doc. 505.) Petitioner states that the documents proposed for sealing have not been provided

26 1 In light of Petitioner’s…