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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: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

WITHDRAW BY PETITIONER’S

14 TRAVIS PENNINGTON, Acting Warden of COUNSEL; and (2) REFERRING CASE TO California Institution for Men at Chino, THE SELECTION BOARD FOR 15 RECOMMENDATION OF REPLACEMENT Respondent.1 COUNSEL 16 17

18 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On April 16, 2024, Tim Brosnan and Saor Stetler, appointed as co-counsel pursuant to 20 the Criminal Justice Act2 (hereinafter “CJA”) to represent Petitioner in this 28 U.S.C. § 2254 21 habeas corpus proceeding, filed under seal an ex parte application to withdraw from the case. 22 (Sealed Doc. 508.) 23 On April 22, 2024, the Court filed under seal Petitioner’s pro se submittal responding to 24 counsel’s motion. (Sealed Doc. 510.) 25 The Court, having reviewed the motion, Petitioner’s pro se response to the motion, the

26 1 In light of…