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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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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

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Petitioner, 

Respondent. 

Case No.: 16-1301 WQH (JLB) 

ORDER: 

(I) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT 

TO FILE PETITION AS AN 

ORIGINAL MOTION TO REOPEN 

AND AMEND IN CASE No. 15cv1361 

JLS (WVG); and 

(2) CLOSING CASE 

18 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for a Writ 0 

19 Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 US.c. § 2254, challenging his conviction in San Diego 

20 Superior Court Case No. SCD231389. (See Pet. at 1-2, ECF No. \.) Petitioner previously 

21 filed a federal habeas corpus petition in this Court in Case No. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG), in 

22 which he challenged the same state court conviction as the Petition filed in this case. (See 

23 Pet. filed June 19, 2015 in So.Dist.Ca.Civil Case No. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG) [ECF No. I].) 

24 In 15cv1361 JLS (WVG), Petitioner raised three claims. (See Pet. filed June 19,2015 in 

25 So.Dist.Ca.Civil Case No. 15cvl361 JLS (WVG) [ECF No.1).) The case was dismissed 

26 on July 17, 2015 because Petitioner had failed to name a proper Respondent. (See Order 

27 filed July 17,2015 in So.Dist.Ca.Civil Case No. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG) [ECF No.3].) 

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I Petitioner was given until September I, 2015 to file a First Amended Petition that cured 

2 the pleading deficiencies outlined in the Court's Order. (Id.) 

3 Petitioner did not file a First Amended Petition. Rather, on February 3, 2016, he 

4 filed a letter notifying the Court that he was exhausting additional claims in state court. 

5 (See Letter filed nunc pro tunc to Feb. 3, 2016 in So.Dist.Ca.Civil Case No. 15cvl361 JLS 

6 (WVG) [ECF No.6].) Then, on May 31,2016, he filed a petition in this case. The Petition 

7 in the current case raises the three claims he raised in case no. 15cvl361 JLS (WVG) plus 

8 an additional five claims. (See Pet.). On June 13, 2016, he filed a letter in this case 

9 notifying the Court that the Petition in 16cv1301 WQH (JLB) contained recently exhausted 

10 claims. He further state that he intended the Petition in this case to be consolidated with 

11 his previous case, 15cvl361 JLS (WVG), and be deemed a supplemental petition in that 

12 case. (See Letter, ECF No.3.) 

13 In Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 890 (9th Cir. 2008), the Ninth Circuit held that a 

14 new pro se petition challenging the same conviction as a pending petition, which is filed 

15 before the first petition is adjudicated, should be liberally construed as a motion to amend 

16 the pending petition rather than summarily dismissed as second or successive. It is clear 

17 from Petitioner's letter that he intended the Petition in this case to be Amended Petition in 

18 his older case, case no. 15cv 1361 JLS (WVG). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS as 

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20 (I) The Clerk of Court is directed to file the Petition in this case as a Motion to 

21 Reopen and Amend the Petition in case no. 15cv1361 JLS (WVG); 

22 (2) The Scheduling Order, filed July 1, 2016 in this case is VACATED; and 

23 (3) The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case. 

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