Noble
Noble v. Adams
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WILBERT NOBLE, Case No. 06-cv-07114-EMC
Petitioner,
ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S
v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS
DARREL G. ADAMS, et al., Docket No. 1 Respondents.
12 13 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Wilbert Noble is a state prisoner serving 130 years to life in state prison. He filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. section 2254. Docket No. 1 (“Pet.”). Following a remand from the Ninth Circuit, and with the leave from this Court, Mr. Noble supplemented his petition with additional claims. Docket No. 66 (“Supp. Pet.”). Mr. Noble thereafter filed motions requesting the following: (1) oral argument; (2) conditional discovery; (3) an evidentiary hearing; and/or (4) record expansion. See Docket Nos. 94, 95. Respondent Warden Stuart Sherman1 has responded to all Mr. Noble’s requests on the merits. For the reasons discussed below, this Court rules as follows: …