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1 COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN 2 California State Bar No. 187609 433 G Street, Suite 202 3 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone No. (619) 652-9960 4 Facsimile No. (619) 652-9964 5 COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP ETHAN A. BALOGH 6 California State Bar No. 172224 255 Kansas Street, Suite 340 7 San Francisco, California 94103 Telephone No. (415) 565-9600 8 Facsimile No. (415) 565-9601 9 Attorneys for Petitioner Eliot Scott Grizzle 10 11 12 ELIOT SCOTT GRIZZLE, 13 14 v. 15 ROBERT HOREL, 16 17 18 19 PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that petitioner, Eliot Scott Grizzle, will ask the Court to enter an Respondent. Petitioner, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C 07-4845 SI

NOTICE OF MOTION AND MOTION TO REOPEN ACTION AND LIFT COURT'S STAY

20 order granting the motion listed below. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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MOTION Petitioner, Eliot Scott Grizzle, pursuant to the United States Constitution, and all other

3 applicable statutes, case law and rules, hereby moves the Court for an order reopening this action, lifting the 4 Court's stay, and proceeding with consideration of this habeas corpus petition. 5 This motion is based upon the instant motion and notice of motion, the attached statement of

6 facts and memorandum of points and authorities, and any and all other materials that may come to the Court's 7 attention at the time of the hearing on this motion. 8 9 10 Dated: December 5, 2007 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 s/Benjamin L. Coleman, Ethan A. Balogh COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN ETHAN A. BALOGH Attorneys for Mr. Grizzle Respectfully submitted,

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1 COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN 2 California State Bar No. 187609 433 G Street, Suite 202 3 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone No. (619) 652-9960 4 Facsimile No. (619) 652-9964 5 COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP ETHAN A. BALOGH 6 California State Bar No. 172224 255 Kansas Street, Suite 340 7 San Francisco, California 94103 Telephone No. (415) 565-9600 8 Facsimile No. (415) 565-9601 9 Attorneys for Petitioner Eliot Scott Grizzle 10 11 12 ELIOT SCOTT GRIZZLE, 13 14 v. 15 ROBERT HOREL, 16 17 18 Respondent. Petitioner, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. C 07-4845 SI

STATEMENT OF FACTS AND MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER'S MOTION

On October 18, 2007, the Court issued an order granting the motion of petitioner, Eliot Scott

19 Grizzle, to stay and abey his habeas corpus petition pending resolution of his petition for review in the 20 Supreme Court of California. The Court also ordered Mr. Grizzle to file the instant motion within thirty days 21 of exhausting his claims in state court. On November 14, 2007, the Supreme Court of California denied Mr. 22 Grizzle's petition for review. As a result, Mr. Grizzle requests that the Court lift the stay and proceed with 23 consideration of his petition. Mr. Grizzle will file in short order a memorandum of law in support of his 24 petition and a motion for discovery. 25 26 27 Dated: December 5, 2007 28 s/Benjamin L. Coleman, Ethan A. Balogh COLEMAN & BALOGH LLP BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN ETHAN A. BALOGH Attorneys for Mr. Grizzle
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Respectfully submitted,

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 I, the undersigned, say:

PROOF OF SERVICE

1) That I am over eighteen years of age, a resident of the County of San Diego, State of California, and not a party in the within action; 2) That my business address is 433 G Street, Suite 202, San Diego, California, 92101;

3) That on December 5, 2007, I served a copy of the attached Motion on counsel for respondent 8 by e-mailing a copy to [email protected]. and by sending a copy via U.S. Mail to Jill M. Thayer, Deputy 9 Attorney General, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000, San Francisco, CA 94102-7004. 10 4) That on December 5, 2007, I served a copy of the attached Motion on Eliot Scott Grizzle 11 via U.S. Mail by sending a copy to Eliot Scott Grizzle, H-10106, Pelican Bay State Prison, P.O. Box 7500, 12 Crescent City, CA 95532. 13 I certify under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 14 5, 2007, at San Diego, California. 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 s/Benjamin L. Coleman BENJAMIN L. COLEMAN

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