Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona GREGORY J. FOURATT (NM #9209) Special Assistant U.S. Attorney 40 N. Central Avenue, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4408 Telephone: (602) 514-7500

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF ARIZONA United States of America CR-03-730-PHX-SRB Plaintiff, v. Luis Cisneros, et al., Defendants. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA opposes the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus UNITED STATES' RESPONSE TO PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AD TESTIFICANDUM

12 Ad Testificandum filed by the defense after business hours on Friday, October 21, 2005. (Dkt. 13 1305). 1/ The Petition seeks the production of a prospective witness currently housed in the 14 Arizona Department of Corrections. The prospective witness is the individual identified as 15 "Source II" in the affidavit for CWT-215. See CWT-215 Aff. at 27-28 and 31-32. 16 This Court should deny the Petition because the prospective witness' testimony is not 17 allowed under controlling Ninth Circuit law. The hearing scheduled for Tuesday, October 25, 18 2005, is not a Franks hearing. Rather, it is a hearing solely on the legal question of whether 19 the "necessity" showing in the affidavits satisfied 18 U.S.C. § 2518(1)(c) and (3)(c). See Order 20 dated Aug. 3, 2005 (Dkt. 1174). Consequently, the Court's review is limited to the facts set 21 forth in the "four corners" of the two affidavits in question. See United States v. Gonzalez, 412 22 F.3d 1102, 1112 (9th Cir. 2005); United States v. Shryock, 342 F.3d 948, 976 (9th Cir. 2003); 23 United States v. Bennett, 219 F.3d 1117, 1121 (9th Cir. 2000); United States v. Meling, 47 F.3d 24 1546, 1552 (9th Cir. 1995). Accord United States v. Nelson-Rodriguez, 319 F.3d 12, 33 n.3 (1st 25 Cir. 2003); United States v. Oregon-Cortez, 244 F.Supp.2d 1167 (D. Colo. 2003). Because the 26 27 The Court's electronic filing system does not have an option for filing a response for to a petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum. In order to put this issue before the 28 Court promptly, the United States has file this response as a "motion for miscellaneous relief."
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1 hearing is not a Franks hearing, the Court properly should not receive evidence from any 2 source other than the two affidavits in question. 3 WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the United States respectfully requests that the

4 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Ad Testificandum be denied. 5 6 7 8 S/ Gregory J. Fouratt 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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Respectfully submitted this 24th day of October, 2005. PAUL K. CHARLTON United States Attorney District of Arizona

GREGORY J. FOURATT Special Assistant United States Attorney

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

2 I hereby certify that on October 24, 2005, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF system for filing and transmittal of a Notice of 3 Electronic Filing to the following CM/ECF registrants: 4 John Sears, Esq. 107 N. Cortez St. 5 Prescott, AZ 86301 6 Peter Schoenburg, Esq. 7
500 4th St., NW, Ste. 400 Albuquerque, NM 87102 1101 Lomas, N.W. Albuquerque, NM 87102-1952 2929 N. Central, Ste. 2100 Phoenix, AZ 85012 45 W. Jefferson, Ste. 403 Phoenix, AZ 85003 Michael Bernays, Esq. James Park, Esq.

111 W. Monroe, Ste. 1500
Phoenix, AZ 85003 James Belanger, Esq. 40 N. Central Ave., Ste. 1900 Phoenix, AZ 85004 Greg Kuykendall, Esq. 145 S. 6th Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701 Kari Converse, Esq. 122 Tulane, SE Albuquerque, NM 87106 Dan Maynard, Esq. 1800 Great American Tower 3200 N. Central Ave. Phoenix, AZ 85012 Michael Terribile, Esq. 111 W. Monroe, Suite 1650 Phoenix, AZ 85003

8 Billy Blackburn, Esq. 9

10 Larry Hammond and Debra Hill, Esqs. 11

12 Carmen Fischer, Esq. 13 14 15 111 W. Monroe St., Suite 1650
Phoenix, AZ 85003

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Barbara Hull, Esq.

17 86 W. University Dr., Ste. 101A
Mesa, AZ 85201-6666

18 Joe Romero, Jr., Esq. 19 1905 Lomas, NW Albuquerque, NM 87104-1207 20 Joseph St. Louis, Esq. 21 216 N. Main Ave. Tucson, AZ 85701-7202 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

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