Opinion
S026634
02-25-2016
PEOPLE v. WATKINS (PAUL SODOA)
Order filed
The “Application for Release of Files, Records, and Confidential Materials,” filed on January 11, 2016, is granted as follows. Counsel for Paul Sodoa Watkins, the Federal Public Defender for the Central District of California, is granted access to the materials in the records of People v. Paul Sodoa Watkins, No. S026634, and In re Paul Sodoa Watkins on Habeas Corpus, No. S172438, including all of the sealed and confidential materials, except for the sealed reporter's transcripts of hearings concerning codefendant Lucien Angus Martin at which neither Watkins nor his attorneys were present. Counsel must supply the personnel and equipment necessary to undertake the review and copying of the records, which must occur on the court's premises. Counsel must not release or cause to be released any of the sealed or confidential material or any of the information contained therein to anyone other than counsel's agents without a prior order of this court.