Sonnary Tina Chhim v. Debra Johnson

Filing 9

ORDER DISMISSING CASE Without Prejudice and Without Leave to Amend; and Denying Application to Proceed In Forma Pauperis as Moot. Petitioner is advised that if she wishes to challenge her conviction on grounds additional to the ones already raised in the petition filed in 13cv0961 LAB (KSC), she must seek leave to file an amended petition in that case. The Clerk shall close the file. Signed by Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel on 8/8/2013. (All non-registered users served via U.S. Mail Service)(srm)

Sonnary Tina Chhim v. Debra Johnson

Doc. 9

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SONNARY TINA CHHIM,

Civil
No.

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Petitioner,

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v.
DEBRA JOHNSON, Warden,
Respondent.

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ORDER:
(1) DISMISSING THIS CASE
WITHOUT PREJUDICE AND
WITHOUT LEAVE TO AMEND;
and

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(2) DENYING APPLICATION TO
PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS
AS MOOT

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition for Writ of

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Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma

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pauperis in the United States District Court for the Central District of California on April

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2, 2013. On April 30, 2013, the case was transferred to this Court. (ECF No. 6.)

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In the present case, Petitioner seeks to challenge her January 21, 2010, conviction

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in San Diego Superior Court case number SCD210509 on four grounds. (See ECF No.

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1.) Petitioner also filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court on April 22,

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2013, challenging the same conviction on the same four grounds and five additional

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grounds. (See So. Dist. Cal. Civil Case No. 13cv0961 LAB (KSC), ECF No. 1.) In

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13cv0961 LAB (KSC), the Court dismissed the case without prejudice and with leave
to amend on April 25, 2013, because Petitioner had failed to satisfy the filing fee
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requirement and had failed to allege exhaustion of her state court remedies with regard

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to all claims in the petition. (See Order dated Apr. 25, 2013, in So. Dist. Cal. Civil Case

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No. 13cv0961 LAB (KSC), ECF No. 2.) In case number 13cv0961 LAB (KSC),

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Petitioner was given until June 24, 2013, to either pay the $5.00 filing fee or submit

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adequate proof of her inability to pay the fee, and to choose one of the four options

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outlined in that Order. (See ECF No. 2 in case no. 13cv0961 LAB (KSC).) On June 11,

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2013, Petitioner paid the $5.00 filing fee, and on August 8, 2013, the Court granted

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Petitioner an extension of time to respond to the options order. (See ECF Nos.3-4 in case

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no. 13cv0961 LAB (KSC).) Petitioner’s response is due August 28, 2013. (Id.)

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Because Petitioner already has a pending case in this Court which seeks to

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challenge her January 21, 2010, conviction in San Diego Superior Court case number

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SCD210509, the Court DISMISSES this case without prejudice to Petitioner pursuing

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her claims in 13cv0961 LAB (KSC). Petitioner is advised that if she wishes to challenge

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her conviction on grounds additional to the ones already raised in the petition filed

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in13cv0961 LAB (KSC), she must file an amended petition in that case. The Clerk shall

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close the file.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: August 8, 2013

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HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL
United States District Judge

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