Stanley

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DARREN CORNELIUS STANLEY, Case No. 07-cv-04727-EMC

8 Plaintiff, DEATH PENALTY CASE 9 v.

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S

10 ROBERT AYERS, et al., MOTION TO PRESERVE EVIDENCE

OF PETITIONER’S ACTIVITIES IN

11 Defendants. THE 5% NATION OF GODS AND

EARTH AT SAN QUENTIN PRISON

12 Docket No. 316 13 14 15 I. INTRODUCTION 16 On August 27, 2019, Petitioner Darren Cornelius Stanley, a condemned prisoner at 17 California’s San Quentin State Prison, filed a Motion to Preserve Evidence of his Activities in the 18 5% Nation of Gods and Earth at San Quentin Prison. Docket No. 316. Specifically, Petitioner 19 seeks an order requiring that administrators at San Quentin permit a hired videographer to enter 20 San Quentin and record Petitioner’s participation in three inmate practice group sessions involving 21 Petitioner’s ostensible religious belief system. Respondent opposes the motion. See Docket No. 22 321. 23 For the following reasons,…