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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

MICHAEL BOWLING, Civil No. 12-CV-1432-JLS (BLM)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING WITHOUT

v. PREJUDICE REQUEST FOR TOLLING

UNKNOWN, 

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a letter and various documents asking

the Court to toll the deadline for filing his habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The

Court is without jurisdiction to extend the one-year statute of limitations of 28 U.S.C. §

2241(d)(1)(A)-(D), which provides that the limitation period shall run from the latest of:

(A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct

review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review;

(B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State

action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the

applicant was prevented from filing by such State action;

(C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized

by the Supreme Court, if the right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and

made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or

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(D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been 

discovered through the exercise of due diligence.

28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(1)(A)-(D) (2008).

The statute of limitations does not run while a properly filed state habeas corpus petition is

pending. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2); see Nino v. Galaza, 183 F.3d 1003, 1006 (9th Cir. 1999). But see

Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4, 8 (2000) (holding that “an application is ‘properly filed’ when its

delivery and acceptance [by the appropriate court officer for placement into the record] are in

compliance with the applicable laws and rules governing filings.”). However, absent some other

basis for tolling, such as equitable tolling, the statute of limitations does run while a federal habeas

petition is pending. Duncan v. Walker, 533 U.S. 167, 181-82 (2001).

Petitioner has not filed a Petition for writ of habeas corpus in this action. Therefore, unless

Petitioner is a capital prisoner, he has not initiated habeas proceedings in this Court. Calderon

(Nicolaus) v. United States District Court, 98 F.3d 1102, 1107 n. 3 (9th Cir. 1996) (stating that

“[u]nlike non-capital prisoners who initiate habeas proceedings by filing a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus, capital prisoners commence federal habeas proceedings by filing a request for

appointment of counsel”); McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849 (1994). Petitioner does not contend

that he is a capital prisoner, that is, a prisoner under sentence of death, and there is nothing in the

documents he has submitted which indicates that he is a capital prisoner. If Petitioner wishes to

initiate federal habeas proceedings, he must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. The question of the timeliness of the petition, as well as any bases for tolling the

statute of limitations, will be decided at that time.

Petitioner is further advised that, in order to initiate habeas corpus proceedings, he must

either pay the $5.00 filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis. In order to be granted in form

pauperis status, Petitioner must submit a motion to proceed in forma pauperis together with a trust

account statement which shows the balance in Petitioner’s trust account at the institution in which he

is incarcerated. 

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CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner’s request to toll the statute of limitations is DENIED

without prejudice. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail Petitioner a blank motion to proceed in

forma pauperis form and a blank Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 form together with a copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 11, 2012

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

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