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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 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PAUL MITCHELL, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

BRIAN DUFFY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 11-cv-02705-SBA (PR) 

ORDER LIFTING STAY AND 

DIRECTING RESPONDENT TO 

SHOW CAUSE WHY THE WRIT 

SHOULD NOT BE GRANTED 

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On February 19, 2013, the Court issued an Order granting Petitioner’s request for a 

stay of proceedings while he returned to state court to exhaust his administrative remedies. 

Petitioner has since informed the Court that his state proceedings had concluded. On 

March 6, 2015, he filed a first amended habeas petition containing his exhausted claims. 

Before the Court are Petitioner’s motion to lift the stay and his implied motion for 

leave to file his first amended petition. 

Good cause appearing, Petitioner’s motion to lift the stay is GRANTED. 

Petitioner is also GRANTED leave to file his first amended petition. The Clerk of the 

Court is directed to mark Petitioner’s first amended petition as filed on March 6, 2015, the 

date it was received. 

The Clerk of the Court shall REOPEN this case and serve a copy of this Order and 

the first amended petition and all attachments thereto (dkt. 75) upon Respondent and 

Respondent’s attorney, the Attorney General of the State of California. The Clerk shall 

also serve a copy of this Order on Petitioner at his most current address. 

Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner, within sixty (60) 

days of the issuance of this Order, an Answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the 

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should 

not be issued. Respondent shall file with the Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant 

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state records that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination 

of the issues presented by the petition. 

If Petitioner wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall do so by filing a Traverse 

with the Court and serving it on Respondent within sixty (60) days of his receipt of the 

Answer. Should Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed submitted and ready 

for decision sixty (60) days after the date Petitioner is served with Respondent’s Answer. 

It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep the 

Court and Respondent informed of any change of address and must comply with the 

Court’s orders in a timely fashion. Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 3-11 a party 

proceeding pro se whose address changes while an action is pending must promptly file a 

notice of change of address specifying the new address. See L.R. 3-11(a). The Court may 

dismiss without prejudice a complaint when: (1) mail directed to the pro se party by the 

Court has been returned to the Court as not deliverable, and (2) the Court fails to receive 

within sixty days of this return a written communication from the pro se party indicating a 

current address. See L.R. 3-11(b); see also Martinez v. Johnson, 104 F.3d 769, 772 (5th 

Cir. 1997) (Rule 41(b) applicable in habeas cases). 

Petitioner must also serve on Respondent’s counsel all communications with the 

Court by mailing a true copy of the document to Respondent’s counsel. 

Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable extensions will be granted. 

Any motion for an extension of time must be filed no later than fourteen (14) days prior to 

the deadline sought to be extended. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 4/14/15 ______________________________ 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG 

United States District Judge 

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