Stanley
Stanley v. Chappell
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DARREN CORNELIUS STANLEY, Case No. 07-cv-04727-EMC
Plaintiff, DEATH PENALTY CASE v.
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
ROBERT AYERS, et al., MOTION TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE
OF PETITIONER’S ACTIVITIES IN
Defendants. THE 5% NATION OF GODS AND
EARTH AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON
12 Docket No. 316 13 14 I. INTRODUCTION On August 27, 2019, Petitioner Darren Cornelius Stanley, a condemned prisoner at California’s San Quentin State Prison, filed a Motion to Preserve Evidence of his Activities in the 5% Nation of Gods and Earth at San Quentin Prison. Docket No. 316. Specifically, Petitioner seeks an order requiring that administrators at San Quentin permit a hired videographer to enter San Quentin and record Petitioner’s participation in three inmate practice group sessions involving Petitioner’s ostensible religious belief system. Respondent opposes the motion. See Docket No. 321. For the following reasons,…