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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS SANDOVAL,

Petitioner,

v.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY SHERIFF 

DEPARTMENT AND WILLIAM GORE,

Respondents.

Case No.: 18cv1459-GPC(JLB)

ORDER REJECTING DOCUMENT 

AND DIRECTING CLERK OF 

COURT TO PROVIDE 

DOCUMENTS TO PETITIONER

On June 26, 2018, Petitioner Luis Sandoval, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for 

writ of habeas corpus and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (Dkt. Nos. 1, 

2.) On July 12, 2018, Petitioner filed three hand-written, single spaced, mostly illegible

letters. (Dkt. Nos. 4, 6, 8.) On July 13, 2018, Petitioner also filed what the Court 

construed as a Supplemental to Petition which is also illegible. (Dkt. No. 10.) On July 

18, 2018, after a review of these documents, the Court denied Petitioner’s in forma 

pauperis application and dismissed the petition without prejudice. (Dkt. No. 11.) The 

Court explained Petitioner had failed to provide the required Prison Certificate as part of 

his request to proceed in forma pauperis. (Id. at 1.) Next, the Court noted that Petitioner 

is “largely illegible and lacks coherence” and failed to assert that he is “in custody in 

violation of the Constitution or law or treaties of the United States. 28 U.S.C. 2254.” (Id.

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at 2.) Finally, the Court noted that Petitioner failed to allege exhaustion of state judicial 

remedies. (Id. at 3-5.) 

Since then, Petitioner has continuously sent letters to the Court that have been 

rejected with a Notice of Document Discrepancy indicating that the documents are

illegible pursuant to Civil Local Rule 5.3 and that the case was dismissed on July 18, 

2018, and to reopen Petitioner must pay the filing fee or provide adequate proof of his 

inability to pay and file a first amended petition. (Dkt. Nos. 12, 13.) Additional illegible 

letters were rejected by the Court. (Dkt. Nos. 14, 15, 16, 17.) 

On August 21, 2018, the Court again received the instant illegible letter from 

Petitioner without curing the deficiencies Court noted in the Court’s order of July 18, 

2018 in order to re-open Petitioner’s case. The Court again REJECTS the document as 

illegible and also for failure to cure the deficiencies the Court noted in its July 18, 2018 

order. In order to reopen the case, Petitioner MUST provide a legible first amended 

petition, with the required Prison Certificate if he seeks to proceed in forma pauperis, 

allege he is “in custody in violation of the Constitution or law or treaties of the United 

States” with supporting facts, and properly allege exhaustion of state remedies as 

explained in the Court’s July 18, 2018 order. 

The Clerk of Court is directed to mail Petitioner another blank Prisoner Packet 

together with a copy of this Order and a copy of the Court’s July 18, 2018 order detailing 

the deficiencies in his petition. Petitioner shall file an Amended Petition curing the 

deficiencies noted in the Court’s July 18, 2018 order no later than September 28, 2018. 

Petitioner is advised that if he fails to comply with the Court’s order this 

action may be subject to dismissal for failure to prosecute and failure to comply 

with the Court’s order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 16, 2018

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