Hill v. Arnold

Filing 16

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 10/07/19 GRANTING 11 Motion to Amend the petition. The Clerk of Court shall rename petitioners September 19, 2019 filing 11 Motion to Amend and First Amended Petition on the docket, and respondents answer shall address the claims in the first amended petition. (Plummer, M)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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TION ALONZO HILL,

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No. 2:17-cv-2200 TLN AC P

Petitioner,

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v.

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ERIC ARNOLD,

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ORDER

Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se. On September 19, 2019, petitioner filed a

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motion to amend the instant petition. See ECF No. 11 at 1-2. This is his first request to amend.
In support of the motion, petitioner states that he has exhausted his additional claims in

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state court and would like to add them to his petition. See id. In addition, petitioner has filed the

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amended petition with his motion as the Local Rules require. See L.R. 220; see also ECF No. 11

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at 3-9.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

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1. Petitioner’s motion to amend the petition, filed September 19, 2019 (ECF No. 11), is

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GRANTED. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2);

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2. The Clerk of Court shall rename petitioner’s September 19, 2019 filing (ECF No. 11)
“Motion to Amend and First Amended Petition” on the docket, and
3. Respondent’s answer shall address the claims in the first amended petition.
DATED: October 7, 2019

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