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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL CLOYD,

Petitioner,

v.

J. PRICE,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-04038-SI 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 3, 4, 9

Petitioner, a prisoner at the Deuel Vocational Institution in Tracy, California, has filed a 

pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his 1994 

conviction in Alameda County Superior Court for second degree murder. His petition is difficult 

to understand but appears to urge that there was a defect in, or a failure to hold, a hearing under 

California Penal Code § 995 on a lesser charge in or about 1992 in the case that ultimately resulted 

in the murder conviction. (His petition also discusses efforts to obtain photocopies of documents, 

but that discussion appears to be an effort to explain the delay in presenting his petition.)

Petitioner has challenged the murder conviction previously and must obtain the appellate

court's permission to challenge it again. Petitioner's first federal petition for writ of habeas corpus 

challenging the same conviction, Cloyd v. Kramer, No. C 97-1008 SI, was filed in 1997, and 

denied on the merits on November 2, 1999. This court denied a certificate of appealability. The 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ("Ninth Circuit") denied a certificate of 

appealability in Cloyd v. Kramer, 9th Cir. Case No. 99-17598 on June 22, 2000.

A second or successive petition may not be filed in this court unless the petitioner first 

obtains from the Ninth Circuit an order permitting this court to consider the petition. 28 U.S.C. § 

2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner has not obtained the required permission from the Ninth Circuit. This 

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court will not entertain a new petition for writ of habeas corpus from petitioner until he first 

obtains permission from the Ninth Circuit to file such a petition. This action is DISMISSED 

without prejudice to petitioner filing a new petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court after he 

obtains the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit. 

If petitioner wants to attempt to obtain the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit, he 

should file an “Application For Leave To File Second Or Successive Petition” in the Ninth Circuit 

(at 95 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103). A copy of the form application is enclosed with 

this order for his convenience. 

Petitioner's in forma pauperis application is DENIED as unnecessary because he has paid 

the filing fee. Docket No. 3. Petitioner’s request for an “exten[s]ion of filing time for [his] writ” 

is DENIED because he may not proceed in this court unless and until he obtains permission from 

the Ninth Circuit to do so. Docket No. 9. Petitioner’s request for appointment of counsel is 

DENIED because this court will not consider appointing counsel unless and until petitioner 

obtains permission from the Ninth Circuit to file a second/successive petition. Docket No. 4.

The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 17, 2016

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SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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