Krieger v. Baca et al

Filing 21

ORDER that this habeas action is DISMISSED as set forth in order; that a certificate of appealability is DENIED, as jurists of reason would not find the courts dismissal of this improperly commenced action without prejudice to be debatable or incorrect; Clerk directed to enter judgment accordingly and close this case. Signed by Judge Howard D. McKibben on 06/02/2017. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - KW)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 *** 9 MATTHEW KRIEGER, 10 Case No. 3:15-cv-00003-HDM-VPC Petitioner, ORDER v. 11 MR. BACA, et al., 12 Respondents. 13 This is a pro se habeas matter under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed by petitioner 14 15 Matthew Krieger. On August 8, 2016, this court granted respondents’ motion to dismiss 16 the petition (ECF No. 20). The court determined that two grounds were unexhausted 17 and dismissed the remaining grounds. The court directed Krieger, within thirty days, to 18 either: (1) inform this court in a sworn declaration that he wished to dismiss this petition 19 without prejudice in order to return to state court to exhaust his unexhausted claims; OR 20 (2) file a motion for a stay and abeyance, asking this court to hold his federal petition in 21 abeyance while he returns to state court to exhaust his unexhausted claims. Id. at 6. 22 Krieger was expressly advised that the case would be subject to dismissal if he failed to 23 respond to the court’s order. Id. The order was served on Krieger via U.S. mail at his address of record (see ECF 24 25 No. 20). More than the allotted time has passed, and Krieger has failed to respond to 26 the court’s order in any way.1 Accordingly, this habeas action is dismissed. 27 1 28 The court notes that Krieger also failed to oppose respondents’ motion to dismiss or respond to the motion in any manner. 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that this habeas action is DISMISSED as set forth in this order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is DENIED, as jurists of reason would not find the court’s dismissal of this improperly commenced action without prejudice to be debatable or incorrect. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk shall enter judgment accordingly and close this case. DATED: June 2nd, 2017. 9 HOWARD D. MCKIBBEN UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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