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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ISMAEL TOVAR CARRANZA,

Petitioner,

v.

JAMES A. YATES, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 08-1586 MHP (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

This action was commenced when Ismael Tovar Carranza filed a petition for writ of

habeas corpus to challenge a 2004 conviction in Contra Costa County Superior Court. 

However, he already has a habeas petition pending that challenges the same conviction, see n

Carranza v. Yates, C 07-1114 MHP. A person seeking habeas relief generally must assert all

his claims against a conviction in a single petition, and cannot bring a second or successive

petition without permission from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, see 28

U.S.C. § 2243(b)(3). Because Carranza did not obtain permission to file the current petition,

this action (i.e., Case No. C 08-1586 MHP) is DISMISSED. 

Attached to his petition as an exhibit is a document entitled "Traverse To Return To

Petition For Writ of Habeas Corpus." Although the document has the wrong case number

and wrong court on it, it might be intended as the traverse for his earlier-filed action because

it has that case name on it and no traverse was filed in that action. Accordingly, the clerk

will file in Case No. C 07-1114 MHP a copy of the "Traverse" attached to the petition in this

action so that it will be part of the appropriate case file.

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United States District Court

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The petition also causes a concern that Carranza may be attempting to add new claims

about his 2004 conviction in addition to the lone speedy trial claim asserted in his earlierfiled action. If he wants to add new claims about that conviction, the way to do that is to file

a motion to amend his petition in Case No. C 07-1114 MHP, rather than file a new petition. 

Carranza must file any motion to amend his petition in Case No. C 07-1114 MHP no later

than October 31 2008. In his motion to amend, Carranza should clearly identify each

constitutional violation that he claims occurred and describe the facts that show each such

constitutional violation. If he has not filed a motion to amend by that deadline, the court

will understand that to mean he does not intend to assert any claims other than the speedy

trial claim.

For the foregoing reasons, this action is DISMISSED. Carranza shall file no further

documents in this action and shall file any documents concerning his habeas action in his

earlier filed action (i.e., Case No. C 07-1114 MHP (pr)), and clearly write that case number

on the first page of any document he files in this court. 

The in forma pauperis application is DENIED as unnecessary. (Docket # 2.) 

The clerk shall file a copy of this order in Case No. C 07-1114 MHP and serve it on

the respondent's counsel in that action. The clerk then shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 23, 2008 

Marilyn Hall Patel

United States District Judge

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