Notice from the Clerk re Capital Habeas Local Rules

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

The Court has proposed amended and new local rules to Local Rule 83-17
Special Requirements for Habeas Corpus Petitions Involving the Death Penalty.

The amended and new local rules may be found on the Court’s website located at www.cacd.uscourts.gov.

Members of the public are invited to submit comments on the amended and new local rules. Comments may be submitted electronically to lr_publiccomments@cacd.uscourts.gov or in hard copy to Terry Nafisi, District Court Executive and Clerk of Court, 312 N. Spring Street, Room G-11, Los Angeles, California 90012. No facsimile transmissions will be considered.

All comments must be submitted no later than September 24, 2010.

All timely received comments will be considered by the Court before final adoption of the local rules. The amended and new local rules will be effective upon their final adoption by the Court, to be applicable to all pending capital habeas cases insofar as just and practicable.

Terry Nafisi
District Court Executive and Clerk of Court