Samayoa v. Hickman

[9] 10 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 11 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA [12] 13 RICHARD SAMAYOA, Case No.: 00cv2118-W 14 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 15 v. MOTION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CO-COUNSEL 16 RONALD DAVIS, Warden, 17 Respondent. [18] 19 Pending before the Court is Petitioner’s supplemental briefing on his request for 20 appointment of the Arizona Federal Public Defender to assist in state clemency 21 proceedings. (See Supp. Brief [Doc. 121] 4:16–18.) The supplemental brief was filed 22 pursuant to this Court’s order that was issued after the Ninth Circuit remanded the case for 23 consideration of whether the Petitioner is financially unable to obtain adequate 24 representation. See Samayoa v. Davis, 928 F.3d 1127, 1128 (9th Cir. (2019). Respondent 25 has notified the Court that it does not intend to respond to Petitioner’s supplemental brief. 26 (See Resp’s Notice [Doc. 123].) 27 // 28 // 1 Having reviewed Petitioner’s supplemental brief and good cause appearing, the 2 || Court GRANTS the motion and ORDERS the appointment of the Arizona Federal Public 3 || Defender as co-counsel for clemency proceedings. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 || Dated: September 30, 2019 \ 7 Hn. 7 omas J. Whelan 8 Unted States District Judge