Anderson v. Williams et al

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ORDER that the Clerk shall file and electronically serve the Petition 1 upon the respondents. Respondents shall have 45 days in which to answer. Signed by Judge Kent J. Dawson on 11/10/10. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - ECS)

Anderson v. Williams et al

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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 7 8 MARCUS ANDERSON, 9 Petitioner, 10 vs. 11 BRIAN E. WILLIAMS, et al., 12 Respondents. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Petitioner has submitted a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §2254 (received November 2, 2010). Petitioner has also paid the $5.00 filing fee for the petition. The petition shall therefore be filed, docketed and served upon the respondents. A petition for federal habeas corpus should include all claims for relief of which petitioner is aware. If petitioner fails to include such a claim in his petition, he may be forever barred from seeking federal habeas relief upon that claim. See 28 U.S.C. §2254(b) (successive petitions). If petitioner is aware of any claim not included in his petition, he should notify the Court of that as soon as possible, perhaps by means of a motion to amend his petition to add the claim. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Clerk shall FILE and ELECTRONICALLY SERVE the petition (docket #1) upon the respondents. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents shall have forty-five (45) days from entry of this order within which to answer, or otherwise respond to, the petition. In their answer or ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) / 2:10-cv-01916-KJD-LRL ORDER

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other response, respondents shall address any claims presented by petitioner in his petition as well as any claims presented by petitioner in any Statement of Additional Claims. Respondents shall raise all potential affirmative defenses in the initial responsive pleading, including lack of exhaustion and procedural default. Successive motions to dismiss will not be entertained. If an answer is filed, respondents shall comply with the requirements of Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Proceedings in the United States District Courts under 28 U.S.C. §2254. If an answer is filed, petitioner shall have forty-five (45) days from the date of service of the answer to file a reply. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, henceforth, petitioner shall serve upon the Attorney General of the State of Nevada a copy of every pleading, motion, or other document he submits for consideration by the Court. Petitioner shall include with the original paper submitted for filing a certificate stating the date that a true and correct copy of the document was mailed to the Attorney General. The Court may disregard any paper that does not include a certificate of service. After respondents appear in this action, petitioner shall make such service upon the particular Deputy Attorney General assigned to the case. DATED: November 10, 2010

____________________________________ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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