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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-06120-JSW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE;

DENYING MOTIONS

Re: Dkt. Nos. 28-30

Petitioner is a California prisoner proceeding pro se. He has filed a petition for a writ of 

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has paid the filing fee. 

This court may entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in 

custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in 

violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). It 

shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why the writ should 

not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant or person detained is not 

entitled thereto.” Id. § 2243. 

Petitioner claims that his conviction and sentence violated his rights under the Double 

Jeopardy Clause; he received ineffective assistance of counsel; there was insufficient evidence to 

support his conviction; and he was incompetent to stand trial. These grounds, when liberally 

construed, state cognizable grounds for federal habeas relief. Accordingly, Respondent is ordered 

to show cause why it should not be granted, as follows:

1. The Clerk shall serve a copy of this order and the petition (ECF No. 1) on Respondent 

and Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General of the State of California. The Clerk also shall 

serve a copy of this order on Petitioner. 

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2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner, within ninety-one (91)

days of the issuance of this order, an answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. 

Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a copy of all portions of the state 

trial record that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the 

issues presented by the petition. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by 

filing a traverse with the Court and serving it on Respondent within twenty-eight (28) days of the 

date the answer is filed.

3. Respondent may, within ninety-one (91) days, file a motion to dismiss on procedural 

grounds in lieu of an answer, as set forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases. If Respondent files such a motion, Petitioner shall file with the 

Court and serve on Respondent an opposition or statement of non-opposition within twenty-eight 

(28) days of the date the motion is filed, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on 

Petitioner a reply within fourteen (14) days of the date any opposition is filed.

4. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep the Court 

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper captioned “Notice of Change of 

Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion. Failure to do so may 

result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41(b).

5. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. Petitioner’s requests for an 

extension of time are DENIED as unnecessary. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 18, 2019

JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TROY ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

WARDEN,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:19-cv-06120-JSW 

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 November 18, 2019, 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.

Troy Anderson ID: CDCR # V57236

Kern Valley State Prison

C yard, Cell C-7, 107 Low

PO Box 5103

Delano, CA 93216 

Dated: November 18, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JEFFREY S. WHITE

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