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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

DERRICK CORRLEY,

Petitioner,

v.

J. SOTO, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No.: 16cv1301 WQH (JLB)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

STAY

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion for stay in the 

above referenced case [ECF No. 12].

On June 19, 2015, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254 in this Court. The petition was assigned case number 15cv1361 JLS 

(WVG). Petitioner did not pay the $5.00 filing fee and did not move to proceed in forma 

pauperis, but did provide a prisoner trust accounts statement which the Court construed as 

a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. (See ECF Nos. 1-2 in case no. 15cv1361 JLS 

(WVG).) On July 17, 2015, the Court granted Petitioner in forma pauperis status, but 

dismissed the case without prejudice and with leave to amend because Petitioner had 

failed to name a proper Respondent. (See ECF No. 3 in case no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG).) 

Petitioner was given until September 1, 2015, to file a First Amended Petition that named 

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a proper Respondent. (Id.) Petitioner did not file a First Amended Petition by September 

1, 2015, and thus the case remained dismissed.

On February 3, 2016, Petitioner submitted a letter in case number 15cv1361 JLS 

(WVG) in which he explained he had submitted petitions for writ of habeas corpus in the 

state courts in order to exhaust additional claims. The letter was not docketed, however 

until June 28, 2016. (See ECF Nos. 5-6 in case no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG).) By that time, 

on May 31, 2016, had Petitioner filed a second habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254 in this case, 16cv1301 WQH (JLB). On June 7, 2016, the Court dismissed 

this case without prejudice and with leave to amend because Petitioner had failed to 

either pay the $5.00 filing fee or move to proceed in forma pauperis [ECF No. 2]. 

On June 13, 2016, Petitioner submitted a letter in this case explaining to the Court 

he intended the Petition in this case to be consolidated with the petition he filed in case 

no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG). (See ECF No. 3.) On June 23, 2016, Petitioner filed a motion 

to proceed in forma pauperis in this case in compliance with the Court’s June 7, 2016 

dismissal Order. (ECF No. 4.) The Court reopened this case and issued a Notice of 

Opportunity to Consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction and Order Requiring Response 

on July 1, 2016. (ECF No. 6.)

Pursuant to the Ninth Circuit’s holding in Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 890 (9th 

Cir. 2008) (holding that a new pro se petition challenging the same conviction as a 

pending petition, which is filed before the first petition is adjudicated, should be liberally 

construed as a motion to amend the pending petition rather than summarily dismissed as 

second or successive), the Court issued an Order on July 18, 2016, directing the Clerk of 

Court to file the petition in this case as a Motion to Reopen and Amend the Petition in 

case number 15cv1361 JLS (WVG). (See ECF No. 9; ECF No. 7 in case no. 15cv1361 

JLS (WVG).) This case was then closed. 

An Order setting a briefing schedule on Petitioner’s motion to reopen and amend in 

case no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG) was issued on July 20, 2016. (See ECF No. 8.) 

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Respondent’s response to the motion is due on September 15, 2016. Petitioner’s reply is 

due November 3, 2016. (Id.) 

This case remains closed. The motion for stay is DENIED. Petitioner is informed 

that he must pursue all challenges to his January 19, 2016 conviction in San Diego 

Superior Court case no. SCD231389 in case no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG). The Clerk of 

Court is directed to mail Petitioner a copy of the docket in this case and in case no. 

15cv1361 JLS (WVG).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 10, 2016

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