What is the effect of a federal district court order requiring discovery in a habeas corpus case?
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The following excerpt is from Calderon v. U.S. Dist. Court for Northern Dist. of California, 144 F.3d 618 (9th Cir. 1998):
Although the Federal Rules regarding discovery do not apply completely and automatically in habeas proceedings, the district court's order is a measure "which will allow development, for the purposes of the hearing, of the facts relevant to disposition of the habeas corpus petition." Harris v. Nelson, 394 U.S. 286, 298, 89 S.Ct. 1082, 1090, 22 L.Ed.2d 281 (1969).
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