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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

CHARLES BERNARD DAVIS, SR., Civil

No.

16cv1605-JLS (JMA)

Petitioner, ORDER:

(1) DENYING AS MOOT

PETITIONER’S MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AND MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL;

and

(2) DISMISSING PETITION 

FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE 

AS SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE

vs.

ERIC ARNOLD, Warden,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for a Writ of

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2007 conviction for three

counts of second degree murder in San Diego County Superior Court case No.

SCD212083. (ECF No. 1 at 1.) Petitioner has also filed a motion to proceed in forma

pauperis and a motion for appointment of counsel. (ECF Nos. 2–3.) The Court

summarily DISMISSES this case pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) as indicated

below. Accordingly, the Court DENIES AS MOOT Petitioner’s in forma pauperis

motion and his motion for appointment of counsel. 

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The instant Petition is not the first Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Petitioner

has submitted to this Court challenging his 2007 conviction in San Diego Superior Court

case No. SCD212083. On February 2, 2010, Petitioner filed in this Court a Petition for

a Writ of Habeas Corpus in Civil Case No. 10cv0359-W (CAB). In that petition,

Petitioner also challenged his conviction in San Diego Superior Court case No.

SCD212083. (See Davis v. McDonald, Civ. Case No. 10cv0359-W (CAB), ECF No. 1.) 

On March 7, 2011, this Court dismissed the petition for Petitioner’s failure to file his

petition within the one-year statue of limitations. (See Order, Civ. Case No. 10cv0359-

W (CAB), ECF No. 20.) Petitioner did not appeal that determination. 

INSTANT PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION

Petitioner is now seeking to challenge the same conviction he challenged in his

prior federal habeas petition. (Pet. at 1.) The prior dismissal of his previous petition for

failure to comply with the one-year statute of limitations renders subsequent petitions

challenging the same conviction or sentence “second or successive” under 2244(b). 

McNabb v. Yates, 576 F.3d 1028, 1030 (9th Cir. 2009). Unless a petitioner shows he or

she has obtained an Order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district

court to consider a successive petition, the petition may not be filed in the district court. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Here, there is no indication the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals has granted Petitioner leave to file a successive petition. 

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

Because there is no indication Petitioner has obtained permission from the Ninth

Circuit Court of Appeals to file a successive petition, this Court cannot consider his

Petition. Accordingly, the Court DENIES as moot Petitioner’s motion to proceed in

forma pauperis and motion for appointment of counsel and DISMISSES this action

without prejudice to Petitioner filing a petition in this court if he obtains the necessary

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order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail

Petitioner a blank Application for Leave to File a Second or Successive Petition or

Motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 together with a copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 11, 2016

Honorable Janis L. Sammartino

United States District Judge

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