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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

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEMETRIUS BORSTAD,

Petitioner,

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J. HARTLEY, Warden, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 09-03756 JW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL;

GRANTING MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS

(Docket Nos. 3, 4 & 5)

Petitioner, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner’s motions for leave to file supplemental

pleading (Docket Nos. 3 and 4) are GRANTED. 

Petitioner clearly states that he previously filed a federal habeas petition in

this court which was denied on the merits. (Pet. 5.) Petitioner asserts that he is “not

challenging the conviction” but rather “challenging the change and application of

California law as to my sentence and it’s [sic] execution on constitutional grounds.” 

(Id.) Even so, Petitioner presents a new claim not raised in his first petition

challenging the lawfulness of his continued incarceration for the same underlying

state conviction. Accordingly, the Court finds that the instant petition is the second

filed by petitioner challenging the same conviction and sentence. 

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A district court must dismiss claims presented in a second or successive

habeas petition challenging the same conviction and sentence unless the claims

presented in the previous petition were denied for failure to exhaust. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 2244(b)(1); Babbitt v. Woodford, 177 F.3d 744, 745-46 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Additionally, a district court must dismiss any new claims raised in a successive

petition unless the petitioner received an order from the court of appeals authorizing

the district court to consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2).

Here, the instant petition challenges the same sentence as the previous

petition and petitioner has not presented an order from the Ninth Circuit Court of

Appeals authorizing this Court to consider any new claims. Petitioner admits that

his first federal petition was adjudicated on the merits. Accordingly, this Court must

dismiss the instant petition in its entirety. The instant petition is DISMISSED as a

second or successive petition pursuant to § 2244 (b)(1). 

Petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket No. 5) is

GRANTED. 

This order terminates Docket Nos. 3, 4 and 5.

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

January 5, 2010

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEMETRIUS BORSTAD,

Petitioners,

 v.

J. HARTLEY, Warden,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV09-03756 JW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the

attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s)

hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into

an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Demetrius Borstad D-73472

Avenal State Prison

P. O. Box 900

Avenal, CA 93204

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

1/15/2010 1/15/2010 /s/

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