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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

WALTER BOYD, Civil No. 06-2372 L (CAB)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

vs.

MIKE KNOWLES,

Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a document wherein he states

that he is currently exhaustion claims in the state courts and requests a “stay” of the statute of

limitations to file a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

FAILURE TO FILE PETITION

Petitioner has not filed a Petition for writ of habeas corpus in this action. Therefore,

unless Petitioner is a capital prisoner, he has not initiated habeas proceedings in this Court.

Calderon (Nicolaus) v. United States District Court, 98 F.3d 1102, 1107 n. 3 (9th Cir. 1996)

(“Unlike non-capital prisoner who initiate habeas proceedings by filing a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus, capital prisoners commence federal habeas proceedings by filing a request for

appointment of counsel.”); McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849 (1994). 

Petitioner does not contend that he is a capital prisoner, that is, a prisoner under sentence

of death, and there is nothing in the documents he has submitted which indicates that he is a

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capital prisoner. Therefore, the instant action must be dismissed. Petitioner’s requests for an

stay of statute of limitations is denied without prejudice.

Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES the case without prejudice. In order to have the case

reopened, Petitioner must file a Petition for Habeas Corpus and satisfy the filing fee requirement

no later than December 22, 2006. For Petitioner’s convenience, the Clerk of Court shall

attach to this Order, a blank form petition for habeas corpus and a blank motion to

proceed in forma pauperis form. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

M. James Lorenz

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