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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTINA L. ALEXANDER, Civil No. 12cv1402-BEN (WMc)

Petitioner,

ORDER:

(1) DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO FILE COPY OF PETITION AS AN

ORIGINAL MOTION TO AMEND IN

Case No. 12cv1401-BEN (WMc)

(2) DENYING APPLICATION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS

MOOT; AND

(3) DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

v.

D. K. JOHNSON, Warden,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for a Writ of

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma

pauperis. Petitioner currently has a federal habeas petition pending in Case No. 12cv1401-BEN

(WMc) in which she challenges the same state court conviction as the Petition filed in this case. 

(See Pet. filed 6/8/12 in SO.DIST.CA.CIVIL CASE NO. 12cv1401-BEN (WMc) [ECF No. 1] at 1.)

The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to file a copy of the instant Petition as an original

Motion to Amend the Petition in SO.DIST.CA.CIVIL CASE NO. 12cv1401-BEN (WMc). See

Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 890 (9th Cir. 2008) (holding that a new pro se petition

challenging the same conviction as a pending petition, which is filed before the first petition is

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adjudicated, should be liberally construed as a motion to amend the pending petition rather than

summarily dismissed as second or successive).

Petitioner’s Motion to proceed in forma pauperis in this case is DENIED as moot, as she

has already been granted leave to proceed in forma pauperis in SO.DIST.CA.CIVIL CASE NO.

12cv1401-BEN (WMc).

This case is DISMISSED without leave to amend but without prejudice to Petitioner to

proceed with her claims in SO.DIST.CA.CIVIL CASE NO. 12cv1401-BEN (WMc).

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 13, 2012

Hon. Roger T. Benitez

United States District Judge

Copies to: ALL PARTIES

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