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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

ALFREDO PURATA,

Petitioner,

CASE NO. 08cv869-IEG(WMc)

Order Granting Petitioner’s Motion to

Dismiss Successive Petition [Doc.

No. 9]; Denying as Moot Respondent’s

Motion to Dismiss [Doc. No. 6]

vs.

JAMES YATES, Warden,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus

challenging his August 10, 1994 conviction in San Diego County Superior Court Case No.

SCD103277. Petitioner previously attacked this same conviction, under the name Alfredo

Moreno, in Case No. 02cv1478-BTM. In response to the petition, Respondent moved to dismiss

arguing this is a successive petition. Petitioner, thereafter, moved to dismiss the petition without

prejudice to allow him to obtain permission from the Ninth Circuit to file this successive petition.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A), “[b]efore a second or successive application

permitted by this section is filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate

court of appeals for an order authorizing the district court to consider the application.” Until

Petitioner obtains permission from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, this Court lacks jurisdiction

to consider the current petition. Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, ___, 127 S. Ct. 793, 799 (2007).

Therefore, the Court hereby GRANTS Petitioner’s motion to dismiss [Doc. No. 9], and

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DENIES AS MOOT Respondent’s motion to dismiss [Doc. No. 6.] The Clerk will provide

Petitioner a copy of the Ninth Circuit’s form for requesting leave to file a second or successive

petition along with a copy of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 26, 2008

IRMA E. GONZALEZ, Chief Judge

United States District Court

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