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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 Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIAZER SANCHEZ,

Petitioner,

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MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 09-04263 JW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. 

Petitioner was convicted in 1999 of several crimes, and is currently serving a

sentence of twenty-five years to life in state prison. (Pet. at 2.) Petitioner includes

with the petition a copy of this Court’s order dismissing as untimely a previously

filed petition for a writ of habeas corpus on July 2, 2008. See C-06-03579 JW (PR)

(Pet. at 33.) Petitioner claims in the instant petition that he has “newly discovered

evidence of reduced culp[a]bility.” (Pet. at 6.) The Court finds that the instant

petition is the second filed by petitioner challenging the same conviction and

sentence. 

A district court must dismiss claims presented in a second or successive

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habeas petition challenging the same conviction and sentence unless the claims

presented in the previous petition were denied for failure to exhaust. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 2244(b)(1); Babbitt v. Woodford, 177 F.3d 744, 745-46 (9th Cir. 1999). Section

2244 does apply when the previous petition was dismissed as barred by the statute of

limitations which constitutes a disposition on the merits. McNabb v. Yates, 576

F.3d 1028, 1029 (9th Cir. 2009); Murray v. Greiner, 394 F.3d 78, 81 (2d Cir. 2005).

Additionally, a district court must dismiss any new claims raised in a successive

petition unless the petitioner received an order from the court of appeals authorizing

the district court to consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2). 

Here, the instant petition challenges the same sentence as the previous

petition and petitioner has not presented an order from the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals authorizing this Court to consider any new claims. The previous petition

was dismissed as untimely, which constitutes a disposition on the merits. See

McNabb, 576 F.3d at 1029. Accordingly, this Court must dismiss the instant

petition in its entirety. The instant petition is DISMISSED as a second or successive

petition pursuant to § 2244 (b)(1). 

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

February 10, 2010 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ELIAZER SANCHEZ,

Petitioner,

 v.

MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV09-04263 JW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the

attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s)

hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into

an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Eliazer Sanchez H-56498

Mule Creek State Prison

P. O. Box 40920

Ione, Ca 95640

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

2/19/2010 2/19/2010 /s/

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