Ardery v. The People of the State of California

Filing 14

ORDER DISMISSING CASE. Signed by Judge James Donato on 3/9/15. (lrcS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 3/9/2015)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONEL LEROY ARDERY,

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Case No. 14-cv-03548-JD

Petitioner,
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ORDER OF DISMISSAL

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,

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Respondent.

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

Re: Dkt. No. 10

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Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant

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to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was ordered to show cause why this case should not be dismissed as

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successive or transferred to another district. He has filed a response.

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DISCUSSION
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STANDARD OF REVIEW
This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in

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custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in

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violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); Rose v.

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Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). Habeas corpus petitions must meet heightened pleading

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requirements. McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). An application for a federal writ of

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habeas corpus filed by a prisoner who is in state custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court

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must “specify all the grounds for relief available to the petitioner ... [and] state the facts supporting

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each ground.” Rule 2(c) of the Rules Governing § 2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. “‘[N]otice’

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pleading is not sufficient, for the petition is expected to state facts that point to a ‘real possibility

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of constitutional error.’” Rule 4 Advisory Committee Notes (quoting Aubut v. Maine, 431 F.2d

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688, 689 (1st Cir. 1970)).

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Northern District of California

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II.

LEGAL CLAIMS
Petitioner states that he was convicted in 1981 and has filed multiple habeas petitions in

the Central District of California that were dismissed for failure to exhaust or as time barred in
1991, 1999, and 2000. “A claim presented in a second or successive habeas corpus application
under section 2254 that was not presented in a prior application shall be dismissed . . .” 28 U.S.C.
§ 2244(b)(2). This is the case unless,
(A) the applicant shows that the claim relies on a new rule of
constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by
the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable; or
(B) (i) the factual predicate for the claim could not have been
discovered previously through the exercise of due diligence; and
(ii) the facts underlying the claim, if proven and viewed in
light of the evidence as a whole, would be sufficient to establish by
clear and convincing evidence that, but for constitutional error, no
reasonable factfinder would have found the applicant guilty of the
underlying offense.
28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2).
“Before a second or successive application permitted by this section is filed in the district
court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the
district court to consider the application.” 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner has submitted a
response but has failed to provide an order from the Ninth Circuit authorizing a new petition.
Petitioner was convicted in the Central District of California and is currently incarcerated in the
Eastern District so this is not the proper district to file this case. The case is therefore dismissed.
If petitioner obtains permission from the Ninth Circuit he should file the habeas petition in the
Central District of California.
CONCLUSION

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Petitioner’s motion for appoint of counsel (Docket No. 10) is DENIED.

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The case is DISMISSED and a certificate of appealability is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: March 9, 2015
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JAMES DONATO
United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DONEL LEROY ARDERY,

Case No. 14-cv-03548-JD

Plaintiff,
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF
CALIFORNIA,
Defendant.
I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S.
District Court, Northern District of California.
That on 3/9/2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said
copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing
said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle
located in the Clerk's office.

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Donel Leroy Ardery
C.S.A.T.F.
P.O. Box 5242
#C38078
Corcoran, CA 93212-5242

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Dated: 3/9/2015

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Richard W. Wieking
Clerk, United States District Court

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By:________________________
LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the
Honorable JAMES DONATO

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