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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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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HULEN T. HARRELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY J. AHERN,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00317-JD 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

This is a habeas petition filed pro se by an individual awaiting a determination of civil 

commitment pursuant to California’s Sexually Violent Predators Act (“SVP”). See Cal. Welf. & 

Inst. Code 6600, et seq. On March 4, 2014, the petition was dismissed with leave to amend 

because the claims were not understandable. In claim one petitioner stated that his SVP 

evaluations were false and his counsel was ineffective. Claim two was incomprehensible. 

Plaintiff was also ordered to address why this petition should not be dismissed pursuant to 

Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).

Petitioner has received many extensions but has still failed to file a proper amended 

petition. A filing that the Court construed as an amended petition was dismissed with leave to 

amend on October 3, 2014. Petitioner has not filed a new amended pleading or sufficiently 

demonstrated why the case should not be dismissed pursuant to Younger. Petitioner’s

disagreements with his public defender, and the denial of his requests for a new attorney do not 

warrant intervention at this time. Petitioner has also stated that he has discovered new claims and 

seeks a stay and abeyance, presumably to exhaust these claims. The request for a stay is denied 

and because petitioner has not demonstrated extraordinary circumstances to interfere with the state 

proceedings, the petition is dismissed.

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 Once the state proceeding has terminated and petitioner 

has properly exhausted his claims he my re-file a federal petition. 

 

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CONCLUSION

1. The petition is DISMISSED for the reasons set forth above. 

2. Because reasonable jurists would not find the result here debatable, a certificate of 

appealability (“COA”) is DENIED. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000) 

(standard for COA). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 9, 2015

______________________________________

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

 

dismissed for failure to file an amended complaint. See Harrell v. State of California, Case No. 

13-cv-1351-RMW. The Ninth Circuit affirmed the dismissal. Docket No. 16 in Case No. 13-cv1351-RMW.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HULEN T. HARRELL,

Plaintiff,

v.

GREGORY J. AHERN,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-00317-JD 

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 3/9/2015, 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.

Hulen T. Harrell ID: PFN #AAN366

550 6th Street

Oakland, CA 94607 

Dated: 3/9/2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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