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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY LAWS,

Petitioner,

v.

ERIC ARNOLD, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 1:13-cv-01546-BAM HC

ORDER DIRECTING PETITIONER TO 

FILE AMENDED PETITION

(Doc. 40)

On August 24, 2015, the Court denied Petitioner's motion to amend his petition based on 

Petitioner's proposal to include a ground for relief that he had not exhausted. See Doc. 39. The 

Court's order granted Petitioner the option of either (1) withdrawing his proposed ground two and 

proceeding to incorporate into his existing petition only his proposed ground three or (2) moving 

for an order of stay and abeyance to permit Petitioner to exhaust ground two, which was then 

unexhausted. The Court specified that "[i]f Petitioner move[d] to amend the petition to reinstate 

ground three, the language used in the federal petition shall match the language used for that 

claim in the petition presented to the California Supreme Court." Doc. 39 at 5. On September 2, 

2015, Petitioner moved to withdraw his ground two of his proposed amendment and to amend the 

petition to incorporate ground three. The Court will grant Petitioner's motion.

Pursuant to Local Rule 220, unless the Court orders otherwise, every pleading as to which 

an amendment or supplement is permitted shall be retyped or rewritten and filed so that it is 

complete in itself without reference to any prior or superseded pleading. Petitioner has amended 

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his petition several times previously. In some instances, the Court has permitted Petitioner to 

amend or supplement the petition without fully preparing a new document that reflects the 

deletions and additions that the Court has permitted. 

To ensure that the petition is accurately addressed as a whole, without the omission of any 

amended or supplementary material and without the inadvertent inclusion of any previously 

omitted portions of the document, the Court directs Petitioner to prepare a single amended 

petition incorporating all additions and omitting all deletions to the original petition that the Court 

has previously approved. As provided in the order denying Petitioner's last motion to amend, the 

amended petition shall set forth ground three in the same words used when that ground was 

submitted to the California Supreme Court.

Conclusion and Order

The Court hereby ORDERS:

1. Petitioner's motion to withdraw ground two as proposed in his 

motion to amend (Doc. 31) is granted.

2. Petitioner shall file with the Court a single, comprehensive 

petition incorporating all amendments to the original petition.

3. Petitioner shall include in the amended petition ground three as 

proposed in his motion to amend (Doc. 31). The wording of ground 

three shall match the wording used for that claim in the state 

petition submitted to the California Supreme Court.

4. Petitioner shall file the amended petition with the Clerk of Court 

no later than thirty days from the date of this order.

5. The Clerk of Court shall serve Petitioner with a copy of this 

order and a blank form for a petition for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 9, 2015 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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