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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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 Case No. CIV-S-06-2143 GEB GGH. A court may take judicial notice of court

records. See MGIC Indem. Co. v. Weisman, 803 F.2d 500, 505 (9th Cir. 1986); United States v.

Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980).

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY DANIEL PROFFITT, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-07-2603 MCE EFB P

vs.

RICH SUBIA, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

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Petitioner, a prisoner without counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is challenging his conviction and sentence arising from a guilty

plea to two counts of Cal. Penal Code § 288.5 (continuous sexual abuse of a child). Petitioner

previously sought relief from that conviction and sentence in a petition that was dismissed, with

prejudice, as barred by the statute of limitations.1

 

This petition is either duplicative of the previously dismissed action, or it is second or

successive. In either case, it must be dismissed. Before a federal district court may entertain a

claim in a second or successive petition, the petitioner must obtain permission from the appellate

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court. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). A petition is second or successive if it includes a claim that

was or could have been adjudicated on the merits in an original petition. Cooper v. Calderon,

274 F.3d 1270, 1273 (9th Cir. 2001). 

Petitioner has not shown that he has obtained an order from the appellate court

authorizing this court to entertain claims related to the conviction in light of the earlier

disposition.

It therefore is RECOMMENDED that petitioner’s December 4, 2007, petition be

dismissed. 

These findings and recommendations are submitted to the United States District Judge

assigned to the case, pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Within twenty days

after being served with these findings and recommendations, any party may file written

objections with the court and serve a copy on all parties. Such a document should be captioned

“Objections to Magistrate Judge’s Findings and Recommendations.” Failure to file objections

within the specified time may waive the right to appeal the District Court’s order. Turner v.

Duncan, 158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998); Martinez v. Ylst, 951 F.2d 1153 (9th Cir. 1991).

DATED: December 27, 2007.

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