Opinion
CASE NO. 08-CV-14781.
May 18, 2010
ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S MOTION TO EXPAND THE RECORD
This matter is before the Court on Petitioner's motion to expand the record to add documentation supporting an ineffective assistance of counsel claim contained in his habeas petition. Respondent has not filed a reply to the motion. The Court may permit the record to be expanded to include additional materials relevant to the determination of the habeas petition. See Rule 7, Rules Governing Section § 2254 Cases. The documents submitted by Petitioner appear to be relevant to the resolution of this matter. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS Petitioner's motion and accepts the documents submitted with his motion as part of the record.
The Court makes no determination as to the particular relevance of the materials at this time.