Nolen v. Valenzuela

Filing 30

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Deborah Barnes on 9/25/2017 ORDERING Petitioner to file a second amended complaint within 14 days of the date of service of this order. (Henshaw, R)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JIMMY GARFIELD NOLEN, 12 Petitioner, 13 14 No. 2:16-cv-0041 DB v. ORDER E. VALENZUELA, 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus 17 18 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner filed his initial petition on December 22, 2015. (ECF No. 1.) Respondent filed 19 20 an answer on April 22, 2016. (ECF No. 18.) On May 13, 2016, petitioner filed a motion to stay 21 his petition and hold it in abeyance while he exhausts the unexhausted claims in state court. (ECF 22 No. 20.) On September 16, 2016, petitioner filed a first amended petition for writ of habeas 23 corpus. (ECF No. 22.) The claims in the amended petition are the same as in the original; 24 however, in the amended petition, petitioner indicated that all claims were exhausted in state 25 court. (Id.) Therefore, the court ordered that petitioner’s motion to stay was moot since there 26 were no longer unexhausted claims in state court, which would necessitate a stay. (ECF No. 23.) 27 Additionally, the court ordered respondent to address petitioner’s first amended petition. (Id.) 28 //// 1 1 After receiving an extension of time to address the first amended petition (ECF No. 26), 2 respondent filed a motion to vacate the order requiring a response because petitioner failed to sign 3 and verify the first amended petition. (ECF No. 27.) The court’s review of the first amended 4 petition confirmed that petitioner failed to sign and verify the document, leaving the signature line 5 blank on page 15. (ECF No. 22 at 15.) Thus, the petition was in violation of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, 6 the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, and the Local Rules. Accordingly, the undersigned 7 vacated the order requiring respondent answer the first amended petition and dismissed the first 8 amended petition without prejudice. (ECF No. 29.) Petitioner was ordered to, within 14 days, 9 file a second amended petition that complies with the rules concerning verification (as well as all 10 11 other rules governing 2254 petitions). (Id.) The 14-day deadline is now expired and petitioner did not file a second amended petition. 12 Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b), the district court may dismiss an action for 13 failure to comply with any order of the court.” Ferdik v. Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260 (9th Cir. 14 1992); see also Local Rule 110. 15 The court hereby grants petitioner one more opportunity to comply with the direction to 16 file a second amended petition. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner shall file a second 17 amended complaint within 14 days of the date of service of this order. Failure to comply with 18 this order may result in a recommendation of dismissal. 19 Dated: September 25, 2017 20 21 22 23 24 25 TIM-DLB:10 DB / ORDERS / ORDERS.PRISONER.HABEAS / nole0041.dismiss 26 27 28 2

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