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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2241 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON RUDD,

Petitioner,

v.

DENNIS SMITH,

Respondent.

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1:07-cv-01073-LJO-DLB (HC)

ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO

SUBMIT DECLARATION SIGNED UNDER

PENALTY OF PERJURY

Petitioner is a federal prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 

Petitioner filed the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus on July 26, 2007. 

Upon a close examination of the petition submitted to the Court, the Court has discovered

that the petition does not contain an original signature. Local Rule 7-131 requires a document

submitted to the Court for filing to include an original signature. In addition, Rule 2 of the Rules

Governing Section 2254 Cases requires a petition for writ of habeas corpus to “be signed under

penalty of perjury by the petitioner.” Rule 2(c), Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. The

submission of a photocopied signature is insufficient to comply with this requirement. In light of

the difficulty in having Petitioner submit an entire new habeas corpus petition, Petitioner is

ORDERED to submit a document stating that he submitted the instant Petition to the Court and

signed it under penalty of perjury. The document should contain an original signature also made

under penalty of perjury. Petitioner is GRANTED twenty (20) days from the date of service of

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this order to comply with the Court’s directive. 

Petitioner is forewarned that failure to comply with a Court order will result in dismissal

of the petition pursuant to Local Rule 11-110.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: August 20, 2007 /s/ Dennis L. Beck 

3b142a UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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