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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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 Brad Espinoza is substituted as respondent. See Rule 2(a), Rules

Governing § 2254 Proceedings; Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d).

United States District Court

Eastern District of California

Rueben Roberts,

Petitioner, No. Civ. S 04-2232 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

Brad Espinoza, Warden,

Respondent.

-oOoOctober 20, 2004, petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding

without counsel, filed an application for a writ of habeas

corpus. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. December 10, 2004, I granted

petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis and ordered

respondent1 to respond to the petition. April 5, 2005,

petitioner filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus

challenging the same judgment but since he did not write the case

number on it the Clerk of the Court opened a new case. See

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Roberts v. Carey, Civ. S 05-0662 GEB PAN P. April 7, 2005,

respondent filed a motion to dismiss in this case. August 31,

2005, I directed the Clerk of the Court to place the petition in

the file for this case. 

I construe the April 5, 2005, application as an amended

petition and since respondent has not answered, petitioner filed

it as a matter of course. Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a).

I therefore deny respondent’s April 7, 2005, motion to

dismiss without prejudice and direct respondent to respond to

petitioner’s first-amended application within 60 days. See Rule

4, Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. An answer shall be

accompanied by any and all transcripts or other documents

relevant to the determination of the issues presented in the

application. See Rule 5, Fed. R. Governing § 2254 Cases. 

Petitioner’s reply, if any, shall be filed and served within 30

days of service of an answer. If the response to petitioner’s

application is a motion, petitioner’s opposition or statement of

non-opposition shall be filed and served within 30 days of

service of the motion, and respondent’s reply, if any, shall be

filed within 15 days thereafter. The Clerk of the Court shall

serve a copy of this order together with a copy of petitioner’s

April 5, 2005, first-amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

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pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on Jo Graves, Senior Assistant

Attorney General for the State of California.

Dated: November 29, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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