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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 

ALBERT MOUSA, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. 2:14-cv-01474 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed an amended petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. While petitioner indicates that he is challenging a 

2012 decision from the Board of Parole Hearings, he has failed to specify the grounds for relief in 

his petition. See Rule 2(c), Rules Governing § 2254 Cases. In the space provided to identify 

ground one of the amended federal habeas application, petitioner indicates “see attached (Page 

‘I’).” However, there are no attachments to the form petition. 

Petitioner is advised that the court cannot refer to a prior pleading in order to make 

petitioner’s amended petition complete. Local Rule 220 requires that an amended pleading be 

complete in itself without reference to any prior pleading. This is because, as a general rule, an 

amended pleading supersedes the original. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967). 

Once plaintiff files an amended petition, the original petition no longer serves any function in the 

case and its exhibits are not incorporated into the amended pleading. 

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 Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Petitioner’s amended petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed with leave to file a 

second amended petition within thirty days from the date of this order; 

 3. The second amended petition must be filed on the form provided with this order, must 

name the proper respondent, and must state all claims and prayers for relief on the form; it must 

bear the case number assigned to this action and the title “Second Amended Petition”; all 

referenced attachments must be appended; failure to file an amended petition will result in the 

dismissal of this action; and 

 4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

DATED: August 19, 2014 

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