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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

JOSHUA MICHAEL GODFREY,

Petitioner,

v.

WARDEN PBSP,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:19-cv-01197-NONE-JDP

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S 

MOTION TO AMEND PETITION

ECF No. 17

THIRTY-DAY DEADLINE

ORDER STAYING DEADLINES IN 

SCHEDULING ORDER

ECF No. 12

Petitioner Joshua Michael Godfrey, a state prisoner without counsel, petitioned for a writ 

of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Before the court is petitioner’s motion to 

amend his petition. ECF No. 17. “A habeas petition ‘may be amended or supplemented as 

provided in the rules of procedure applicable to civil actions.’” Alfaro v. Johnson, 862 F.3d 1176, 

1183 (9th Cir. 2017) (quoting 28 U.S.C. § 2242). Because this is petitioner’s first motion to 

amend and we grant leave to amend once as a matter of course, we grant petitioner’s motion. See 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(1). Petitioner will have thirty days to file a first amended petition. All 

deadlines from our January 29, 2020 scheduling order are stayed until the court has had an 

opportunity to review petitioner’s first amended complaint. ECF No. 12.

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The amended petition will supersede the original petition, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 

F. 3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc); the amended petition must be complete on its face 

without reference to the prior, superseded petition, see E.D. Cal. Local Rule 220. Petitioner may 

not change the nature of his petition by adding new, unrelated claims. See George v. Smith, 507 

F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007). Once an amended petition is filed, the original petition no longer 

serves any function. Therefore, in an amended petition, as in an original petition, petitioner must 

assert each claim in sufficient detail. The amended petition should be titled “First Amended 

Petition” and refer to the appropriate case number. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ordered that:

1. the deadlines in the court’s scheduling order, ECF No. 12, are stayed;

2. petitioner’s motion to amend the petition, ECF No. 17, is granted;

3. petitioner shall have thirty days to file a first amended petition; and

4. the clerk is directed to send petitioner a blank habeas corpus petition form.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 18, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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