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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HARRY D. HOWARD, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

CHRISTIAN PEIFFER, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:20-cv-0909 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion for an extension of time. 

ECF No. 1. No other pleadings have been filed. In order to commence an action, petitioner must 

file either a petition or complaint along with either the required filing fee or an application for 

leave to proceed in forma pauperis. However, it does not appear that petitioner is attempting to 

initiate a new action in the district court. First, the motion is captioned for the Ninth Circuit 

Court of Appeals and includes a case number from that court; the motion appears to seek 

additional time to apply for leave to file a second or successive habeas petition—a matter that 

must be addressed to the Court of Appeals.1

 It thus appears that the instant motion was intended 

for the Court of Appeals. Alternatively, petitioner may have intended the motion to be filed in 

Steward v. Lynch, No. 2:18-cv-1227 KJM KJN, as the motion references the motions for 

preliminary injunction currently pending in that case. ECF No. 1 at 3. 

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 The court notes that the conviction at issue occurred within the jurisdiction of the United States 

District Court for the Northern District of California. 

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court is directed to forward a copy of the motion for extension of 

time to the Clerk of Court for the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and to file a copy of the motion 

in Steward v. Lynch, No. 2:18-cv-1227 KJM KJN. 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to close this action as opened in error.

DATED: May 8, 2020 

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