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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN LIEBB,

Petitioner,

 v.

R. AYERS, Jr., Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-05577 CW (PR)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND

Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed this pro se petition for

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the

Board of Parole Hearings' refusal to set a parole date at his fourth

parole suitability hearing on July 27, 2006. It appears that

Petitioner may not have exhausted his state remedies before filing

the petition relating to his July 27, 2006 parole suitability

hearing. (Pet. at 4-7.) 

Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge in federal

habeas proceedings either the fact or length of their confinement

are first required to exhaust state judicial remedies by presenting

the highest state court available with a fair opportunity to rule

on the merits of each and every claim they seek to raise in federal

court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b),(c)); Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509,

515-16 (1982). If available state remedies have not been exhausted

as to all claims, the district court must dismiss the petition. 

Id. at 510; Guizar v. Estelle, 843 F.2d 371, 372 (9th Cir. 1988). 

A dismissal solely for failure to exhaust is not a bar to returning

to federal court after exhausting available state remedies. See

Trimble v. City of Santa Rosa, 49 F.3d 583, 586 (9th Cir. 1995). 

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The petition is DISMISSED WITH LEAVE TO AMEND to allege that

Petitioner has exhausted his available state judicial remedies.

If the petition is unexhausted, it must be dismissed in its

entirety without prejudice to Petitioner returning to state court

to exhaust his state remedies and then filing a new federal habeas

corpus petition. Should he do so, he is advised to file his new

federal habeas corpus petition as soon as possible after his state

court proceedings have concluded. The Court makes no ruling at

this time on the issue of the timeliness of any future federal

petition. 

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the petition is DISMISSED WITH

LEAVE TO AMEND. Within thirty (30) days of the date of this Order,

Petitioner shall file an amended petition alleging that he has

exhausted his state judicial remedies and attach copies of the

orders denying his state habeas petitions. If no amended petition

is filed, this petition will be dismissed without prejudice for

failure to exhaust.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 2/5/08 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEPHEN LIEBB,

Plaintiff,

 v.

R AYERS JR et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-05577 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on February 5, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing said

envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery receptacle

located in the Clerk's office.

Denise Alayne Yates

Office of the Attorney General

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102-7004

Stephen Liebb

Reg. No. C-60825

San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin, CA 94974

Dated: February 5, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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