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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TODD W. AVARA,

Petitioner, No. 2:04-cv-1044-ALA

vs.

KATHY MENDOZA-POWERS, Warden, et al., ORDER

Respondents.

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On February 27, 2008, this court issued an order requesting Petitioner to file a response

to Respondent’s August 16, 2006 Opposition to Supplemental Points and Authorities and

Motion to Dismiss. 

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an amended petition on September 14,

2005, alleging six grounds for relief. No supporting documents were referenced in, attached to,

or filed with the amended petition. On January 12, 2006, Respondents filed their answer to the

amended petition. On February 6, 2006, Petitioner filed a three-page traverse that includes the

following paragraph:

Petitioner incorporates by reference the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, along with

any supporting documents , including the Supporting Exhibits and Points and Authorities

previously filed. Further, petitioner incorporates by reference Petitioner’s Points and

Authorities in Support of Traverse [sic], which is being submitted contemporaneously.

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No points and authorities were submitted with the traverse. In an order filed April 14, 2006, the

court advised the petitioner that no supporting exhibits or points and authorities were filed at any

time in this action. Petitioner was granted sixty days to file and serve any points and authorities

and/or supporting exhibits. On June 12, 2006, Petitioner filed a document entitled “Points and

Authorities In Support of Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.” 

Respondents then moved to dismiss petitioner’s “Points and Authorities In Support of

Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus,” on the ground that it contained new, unexhausted

claims. Respondents did not move to dismiss the amended petition. On December 15, 2006,

Magistrate Judge Dale A. Drozd granted Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss, and ordered the

matter “submitted for decision on petitioner’s amended petition for writ of habeas corpus.” 

Therefore, this court’s order on February 27, 2008, is hereby vacated, and Petitioner’s amended

petition is pending before this court. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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DATED: February 29, 2008

/s/ Arthur L. Alarcón 

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

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