1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CIARA SKY STARR, Case No.: 22cv0455 MMA (BLM)
12 Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE 13 v. TO AMENDED PETITION (28 U.S.C. § 2254) 14 JEFF MACOMBER, Secretary, et al.,
15 Respondents. [ECF No. 20] 16 17 On April 4, 2022, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for 18 Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and on April 19, 2022, paid the $5.00 19 filing fee. (ECF Nos. 1-2.) After the Court granted Petitioner several extensions of time 20 to file an amended petition (see ECF Nos. 8, 10, 14), but Petitioner did not do so, on January 21 23, 2024, the Court directed the Clerk to enter a final judgment of dismissal without 22 prejudice and close the case, which the Clerk did on that same day. (ECF Nos. 15, 16.) 23 On December 28, 2023, instead of filing an amended petition in the instant case, 24 Petitioner constructively filed a second habeas corpus petition1 in this Court pursuant to 28 25
26 27 1 The petition is filed-stamped January 29, 2024, but under the “mailbox rule” the constructive filing date is the date Petitioner handed it to correctional officers for mailing 28 1 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking to challenge the same conviction and sentence as she does in the 2 instant habeas case, which was assigned S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG). 3 (See ECF No. 1 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG).) Pursuant to Woods v. 4 Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 890 (9th Cir. 2008)2, Judge Battaglia ordered that the second petition 5 filed in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG) be construed as a motion to amend 6 in the instant case because the instant case was already pending at the time Petitioner 7 constructively filed the second petition. (See ECF No. 2 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 8 24cv0216-AJB (AHG).) 9 On February 5, 2024, the Court granted the motion to amend [ECF No. 18], vacated 10 the judgment of dismissal [ECF Nos. 15-16], reopened this case, and directed the Clerk to 11 refile the petition from S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG) as an Amended 12 Petition in the instant case. (ECF Nos. 19-20.) In accordance with Rule 4 of the rules 13 governing petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and upon a 14 preliminary review of the Amended Petition [ECF No. 20], IT IS ORDERED that: 15 1. The Clerk of this Court must promptly (a) serve a copy of the Amended 16 Petition [ECF No. 20] (hereinafter “Petition”) and a copy of this Order on the Attorney 17 General for the State of California, or his authorized agent; and (b) serve a copy of this 18 Order on Petitioner. 19 2. Respondent must file a “Notice of Appearance” no later than February 21, 20 2024. 21
22 23 34 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG)); Huizar v. Carey, 273 F.3d 1220, 1222 (9th Cir. 2001) (“Under the ‘prison mailbox rule’ of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 24 (1988), a prisoner’s federal habeas petition is deemed filed when [s]he hands it over to 25 prison authorities for mailing to the district court.”) (internal citations omitted).
26 2 In Woods, the Ninth Circuit held that when a pro se petitioner has a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 27 petition pending in a district court and files a new 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging the same conviction, “the district court should . . . construe[] [the petitioner’s] pro se habeas 28 1 3. If Respondent contends the Petition can be decided without the Court’s 2 reaching the merits of Petitioner’s claims (e.g., because Respondent contends Petitioner 3 has failed to exhaust any state remedies as to any ground for relief alleged in the Petition, 4 or that the Petition is barred by the statute of limitations, or that the Petition is subject to 5 dismissal under Rule 9 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases, or that all of the claims are 6 procedurally defaulted, or that Petitioner is not in custody), Respondent must file a motion 7 to dismiss pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases no later than April 8, 8 2024. The motion to dismiss must not address the merits of Petitioner’s claims, but rather 9 must address all grounds upon which Respondent contends dismissal without reaching the 10 merits of Petitioner’s claims is warranted.3 At the time the motion to dismiss is filed, 11 Respondent must lodge with the Court all records bearing on Respondent’s contention in 12 this regard. A hearing date is not required for the motion to dismiss. 13 4. If Respondent files a motion to dismiss, Petitioner must file his opposition, if 14 any, to the motion no later than May 8, 2024. At the time the opposition is filed, Petitioner 15 must lodge with the Court any records not lodged by Respondent which Petitioner believes 16 may be relevant to the Court’s determination of the motion. 17 5. Unless the Court orders otherwise, Respondent must not file a reply to 18 Petitioner’s opposition to a motion to dismiss. If the motion is denied, the Court will afford 19 Respondent adequate time to respond to Petitioner’s claims on the merits. 20 6. If Respondent does not contend that the Petition can be decided without the 21 Court reaching the merits of Petitioner’s claims, Respondent must file and serve an answer 22 to the Petition, and a memorandum of points and authorities in support of such answer, 23 pursuant to Rule 5 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases no later than April 8, 2024. At 24 the time the answer is filed, Respondent must lodge with the Court all records bearing on 25
26 27 3 If Respondent contends Petitioner has failed to exhaust any state remedies as to any ground for relief alleged in the Petition, the motion to dismiss must also specify the state 28 1 the merits of Petitioner’s claims. The lodgments must be accompanied by a notice of 2 lodgment which must be captioned “Notice of Lodgment in 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Habeas 3 Corpus Case — To Be Sent to Clerk’s Office.” Respondent must not combine separate 4 pleadings, orders or other items into a combined lodgment entry. Each item must be 5 numbered separately and sequentially. 6 7. Petitioner may file a traverse to matters raised in the answer no later than May 7 8, 2024. Any traverse by Petitioner (a) must state whether Petitioner admits or denies each 8 allegation of fact contained in the answer; (b) must be limited to facts or arguments 9 responsive to matters raised in the answer; and (c) must not raise new grounds for relief 10 that were not asserted in the Petition. Grounds for relief withheld until the traverse will 11 not be considered. No traverse can exceed ten (10) pages in length absent advance leave 12 of Court for good cause shown. 13 8. A request by a party for an extension of time within which to file any of the 14 pleadings required by this Order must be made at least seven (7) days in advance of the 15 due date of the pleading, and the Court will grant such a request only upon a showing of 16 good cause.
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CIARA SKY STARR, Case No.: 22cv0455 MMA (BLM)
12 Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING RESPONSE 13 v. TO AMENDED PETITION (28 U.S.C. § 2254) 14 JEFF MACOMBER, Secretary, et al.,
15 Respondents. [ECF No. 20] 16 17 On April 4, 2022, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for 18 Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and on April 19, 2022, paid the $5.00 19 filing fee. (ECF Nos. 1-2.) After the Court granted Petitioner several extensions of time 20 to file an amended petition (see ECF Nos. 8, 10, 14), but Petitioner did not do so, on January 21 23, 2024, the Court directed the Clerk to enter a final judgment of dismissal without 22 prejudice and close the case, which the Clerk did on that same day. (ECF Nos. 15, 16.) 23 On December 28, 2023, instead of filing an amended petition in the instant case, 24 Petitioner constructively filed a second habeas corpus petition1 in this Court pursuant to 28 25
26 27 1 The petition is filed-stamped January 29, 2024, but under the “mailbox rule” the constructive filing date is the date Petitioner handed it to correctional officers for mailing 28 1 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking to challenge the same conviction and sentence as she does in the 2 instant habeas case, which was assigned S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG). 3 (See ECF No. 1 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG).) Pursuant to Woods v. 4 Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 890 (9th Cir. 2008)2, Judge Battaglia ordered that the second petition 5 filed in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG) be construed as a motion to amend 6 in the instant case because the instant case was already pending at the time Petitioner 7 constructively filed the second petition. (See ECF No. 2 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 8 24cv0216-AJB (AHG).) 9 On February 5, 2024, the Court granted the motion to amend [ECF No. 18], vacated 10 the judgment of dismissal [ECF Nos. 15-16], reopened this case, and directed the Clerk to 11 refile the petition from S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG) as an Amended 12 Petition in the instant case. (ECF Nos. 19-20.) In accordance with Rule 4 of the rules 13 governing petitions for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, and upon a 14 preliminary review of the Amended Petition [ECF No. 20], IT IS ORDERED that: 15 1. The Clerk of this Court must promptly (a) serve a copy of the Amended 16 Petition [ECF No. 20] (hereinafter “Petition”) and a copy of this Order on the Attorney 17 General for the State of California, or his authorized agent; and (b) serve a copy of this 18 Order on Petitioner. 19 2. Respondent must file a “Notice of Appearance” no later than February 21, 20 2024. 21
22 23 34 in S.D. Cal. Civil Case No. 24cv0216-AJB (AHG)); Huizar v. Carey, 273 F.3d 1220, 1222 (9th Cir. 2001) (“Under the ‘prison mailbox rule’ of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 24 (1988), a prisoner’s federal habeas petition is deemed filed when [s]he hands it over to 25 prison authorities for mailing to the district court.”) (internal citations omitted).
26 2 In Woods, the Ninth Circuit held that when a pro se petitioner has a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 27 petition pending in a district court and files a new 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging the same conviction, “the district court should . . . construe[] [the petitioner’s] pro se habeas 28 1 3. If Respondent contends the Petition can be decided without the Court’s 2 reaching the merits of Petitioner’s claims (e.g., because Respondent contends Petitioner 3 has failed to exhaust any state remedies as to any ground for relief alleged in the Petition, 4 or that the Petition is barred by the statute of limitations, or that the Petition is subject to 5 dismissal under Rule 9 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases, or that all of the claims are 6 procedurally defaulted, or that Petitioner is not in custody), Respondent must file a motion 7 to dismiss pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases no later than April 8, 8 2024. The motion to dismiss must not address the merits of Petitioner’s claims, but rather 9 must address all grounds upon which Respondent contends dismissal without reaching the 10 merits of Petitioner’s claims is warranted.3 At the time the motion to dismiss is filed, 11 Respondent must lodge with the Court all records bearing on Respondent’s contention in 12 this regard. A hearing date is not required for the motion to dismiss. 13 4. If Respondent files a motion to dismiss, Petitioner must file his opposition, if 14 any, to the motion no later than May 8, 2024. At the time the opposition is filed, Petitioner 15 must lodge with the Court any records not lodged by Respondent which Petitioner believes 16 may be relevant to the Court’s determination of the motion. 17 5. Unless the Court orders otherwise, Respondent must not file a reply to 18 Petitioner’s opposition to a motion to dismiss. If the motion is denied, the Court will afford 19 Respondent adequate time to respond to Petitioner’s claims on the merits. 20 6. If Respondent does not contend that the Petition can be decided without the 21 Court reaching the merits of Petitioner’s claims, Respondent must file and serve an answer 22 to the Petition, and a memorandum of points and authorities in support of such answer, 23 pursuant to Rule 5 of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases no later than April 8, 2024. At 24 the time the answer is filed, Respondent must lodge with the Court all records bearing on 25
26 27 3 If Respondent contends Petitioner has failed to exhaust any state remedies as to any ground for relief alleged in the Petition, the motion to dismiss must also specify the state 28 1 the merits of Petitioner’s claims. The lodgments must be accompanied by a notice of 2 lodgment which must be captioned “Notice of Lodgment in 28 U.S.C. § 2254 Habeas 3 Corpus Case — To Be Sent to Clerk’s Office.” Respondent must not combine separate 4 pleadings, orders or other items into a combined lodgment entry. Each item must be 5 numbered separately and sequentially. 6 7. Petitioner may file a traverse to matters raised in the answer no later than May 7 8, 2024. Any traverse by Petitioner (a) must state whether Petitioner admits or denies each 8 allegation of fact contained in the answer; (b) must be limited to facts or arguments 9 responsive to matters raised in the answer; and (c) must not raise new grounds for relief 10 that were not asserted in the Petition. Grounds for relief withheld until the traverse will 11 not be considered. No traverse can exceed ten (10) pages in length absent advance leave 12 of Court for good cause shown. 13 8. A request by a party for an extension of time within which to file any of the 14 pleadings required by this Order must be made at least seven (7) days in advance of the 15 due date of the pleading, and the Court will grant such a request only upon a showing of 16 good cause. Any such request must be accompanied by a declaration under penalty of 17 perjury explaining why an extension of time is necessary. 18 9. Unless otherwise ordered by the Court, this case will be deemed submitted on 19 the day following the date Petitioner’s opposition to a motion to dismiss and/or his traverse 20 is due. 21 10. Every document delivered to the Court must include a certificate of service 22 attesting that a copy of such document was served on opposing counsel (or on the opposing 23 party, if such party is not represented by counsel). Any document delivered to the Court 24 without a certificate of service will be returned to the submitting party and will be 25 disregarded by the Court. 26 /// 27 /// 28 /// l 11. Petitioner must immediately notify the Court and counsel for Respondent of 2 ||any change of Petitioner’s address. If Petitioner fails to keep the Court informed of where 3 || Petitioner may be contacted, this action will be subject to dismissal for failure to prosecute. 4 || IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 ||Dated: 2/6/2024 "
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