Johnson v. Williams

Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 JERRY E. JOHNSON, Case No.: 2:22-cv-00642-JAD-DJA

4 Petitioner Order Directing Service of the Petition 5 v.

6 CALVIN JOHNSON, et al.,

7 Respondents

8 9 Petitioner Jerry E. Johnson has filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 10 U.S.C. § 2254 and has now paid the filing fee.1 Having completed a preliminary review of the 11 petition under Habeas Rule 4, I direct the Clerk of Court to docket it2 and serve it on the 12 respondents. 13 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk is directed to: 14 • FILE and ELECTRONICALLY SERVE the petition [ECF Nos. 1-1, 1-2] on 15 the respondents; and 16 • ADD Aaron D. Ford, Nevada Attorney General, as counsel for respondents and 17 provide respondents an electronic copy of all items previously filed in this case 18 by regenerating the Notice of Electronic Filing to the office of the AG only; and 19 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents must file a response to the petition within 20 90 days of service of the petition. Petitioner Johnson will then have 45 days from service of 21

22 1 ECF Nos. 1-1, 1-2, 6. 2 Because a petition for federal habeas corpus should include all claims for relief of which 23 petitioner is aware, failure to include such a claim in a petition may result in it being forever barred. See 28 U.S.C. §2244(b) (successive petitions). 1 the answer, motion to dismiss, or other response to file a reply or opposition. Any other 2 motions will be subject to the normal briefing schedule under the local rules. 3 If respondents file a response to the petition, they must comply with Habeas Rule 5. 4 Additionally:

5 1. Any procedural defenses raised by respondents in this case be raised together in a 6 single consolidated motion to dismiss. In other words, the court does not wish to 7 address any procedural defenses raised herein either in seriatum fashion in multiple 8 successive motions to dismiss or embedded in the answer. Procedural defenses 9 omitted from such motion to dismiss will be subject to potential waiver. 10 2. Respondents should not file a response in this case that consolidates their procedural 11 defenses, if any, with their response on the merits, except pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 12 2254(b)(2) as to any unexhausted claims clearly lacking merit. If respondents do seek 13 dismissal of unexhausted claims under § 2254(b)(2): (a) they should do so within the 14 single motion to dismiss not in the answer; and (b) they should specifically direct

15 their argument to the standard for dismissal under § 2254(b)(2) set forth in Cassett v. 16 Stewart, 406 F.3d 614, 623-24 (9th Cir. 2005). In short, no procedural defenses, 17 including exhaustion, should be included with the merits in an answer. All 18 procedural defenses, including exhaustion, instead must be raised by motion to 19 dismiss. 20 3. In any answer filed on the merits, respondents must specifically cite to and address 21 the applicable state-court written decision and state court record materials, if any, 22 regarding each claim within the response as to that claim; and 23 ] 4. Respondents must file a set of state-court exhibits relevant to the response filed to the 2 petition. Those exhibits must be filed chronologically and be accompanied by a 3 separate index of exhibits identifying the exhibits by number. The CM/ECF 4 attachments that are filed further must be identified by the number or numbers of the 5 exhibits in the attachment. The purpose of this provision is to allow the court and any 6 reviewing court thereafter to quickly determine from the face of the electronic docket 7 sheet which numbered exhibits are filed in which attachments. 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, at this time, the parties send courtesy copies of any 9] responsive pleading or motion and all INDICES OF EXHIBITS ONLY to the Reno Division of this court. Courtesy copies must be mailed to the Clerk of Court, 400 S. Virginia St., Reno, NV, 89501, and directed to the attention of “Staff Attorney” on the outside of the mailing 12|| address label. No further courtesy copies are required unless and until requested by the 13} court. 14

US. District Judge joke. Dorse 16 July 4, 202 17 18 19 20 21 22 23