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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

LILIAN GUTERRES,

Petitioner,

 v.

CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT, et al.,

Respondents. /

No. C 07-04966 SBA (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed this pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 and an application to proceed in forma pauperis. She admits that she did not exhaust

her state remedies before filing this petition.

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). 

Because Petitioner did not present her claims to the state supreme court for review, either in

a petition for review or in a state petition for a writ of habeas corpus, her federal petition is

unexhausted and must be DISMISSED. This dismissal is without prejudice to Petitioner returning to

state court to exhaust her state remedies and then filing a new federal habeas corpus petition. Should

she do so, she is advised to file her new federal habeas corpus petition as soon as possible after her

state court proceedings have concluded. The Court makes no ruling at this time on the issue of the

timeliness of any future federal petition. 

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Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED (docket no. 3). All other pending

motions, including Petitioner's motion for appointment of counsel (docket no. 4), are DENIED as

moot. The Clerk of the Court shall enter judgment and close the file.

This Order terminates Docket nos. 3 and 4.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 5/6/08 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LILIAN GUTERRES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CALIFORNIA SUPERIOR COURT et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04966 SBA 

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 May 8, 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.

Lilian Guterres X06750 / SMCJ 294289

California State Prison - Chowchilla

P.O. Box 92

Chowchilla, CA 93610

Dated: May 8, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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