Davis v. Neven et al

Filing 2

ORDER that the Clerk shall Electronically Serve 1 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus upon the Respondents. Respondents shall have 45 days from entry of this order within which to answer. Petitioner shall have 45 days from the date of service of the answer to file a reply. Signed by Judge James C. Mahan on 9/26/2012. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - SLR)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 9 10 PAUL DAVIS, 11 12 13 14 15 ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ) D.W. NEVEN, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ____________________________________/ 2:12-cv-00984-JCM-PAL ORDER 16 This action is a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 17 by a Nevada state prisoner. Petitioner has filed a petition and paid the filing fee for this action. 18 The petition shall now be served on respondents. A petition for federal habeas corpus should 19 include all claims for relief of which petitioner is aware. If petitioner fails to include such a claim in 20 his petition, he may be forever barred from seeking federal habeas relief upon that claim. See 28 21 U.S.C. §2254(b) (successive petitions). 22 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the clerk shall ELECTRONICALLY SERVE the 23 petition (ECF No. 1) upon the respondents. 24 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that respondents shall have forty-five (45) days from entry of 25 this order within which to answer, or otherwise respond to, the petition. In their answer or other 26 1 response, respondents shall address all claims presented in the petition. Respondents shall raise all 2 potential affirmative defenses in the initial responsive pleading, including lack of exhaustion and 3 procedural default. Successive motions to dismiss will not be entertained. If an answer is filed, 4 respondents shall comply with the requirements of Rule 5 of the Rules Governing Proceedings in the 5 United States District Courts under 28 U.S.C. §2254. If an answer is filed, petitioner shall have 6 forty-five (45) days from the date of service of the answer to file a reply. 7 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that any state court record exhibits filed by respondents shall 8 be filed with a separate index of exhibits identifying the exhibits by number or letter. The hard copy 9 of all state court record exhibits shall be forwarded, for this case, to the staff attorneys in the Reno 10 11 division of the clerk of court. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, henceforth, petitioner shall serve upon the attorney 12 general of the state of Nevada a copy of every pleading, motion, or other document he submits for 13 consideration by the court. Petitioner shall include with the original paper submitted for filing a 14 certificate stating the date that a true and correct copy of the document was mailed to the attorney 15 general. The court may disregard any paper that does not include a certificate of service. After 16 respondents appear in this action, petitioner shall make such service upon the particular deputy 17 attorney general assigned to the case. 18 September 26, 2012. Dated this ______ day of September, 2012. 19 20 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 21 22 23 24 25 26 2

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