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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

DAMON L. JONES,

Petitioner,

v.

DAVE DAVEY, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-01560-HSG (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On April 6, 2015, petitioner Damon L. Jones, an inmate at Corcoran State Prison, filed a 

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 12, 2015, the Court 

issued an Order on Initial Review in which it found that Jones had filed a mixed petition 

containing exhausted and unexhausted claims. In the Order, the Court explained to Jones that a 

federal court must dismiss a mixed petition and provided him with an opportunity to amend the 

petition by withdrawing the unexhausted claims and proceeding only on the exhausted claims, or 

to dismiss the mixed petition and return to federal court with a new petition once all claims were 

exhausted. The Court also explained that Jones could seek a stay of the petition while he was 

exhausting his claims in state court. 

On October 1, 2015, the Court denied Jones’s motion for a stay and gave him an 

opportunity to decide whether he wanted to dismiss the unexhausted claims and go forward with 

only the exhausted ones or dismiss the entire action and return to state court to exhaust all his 

claims before filing a new federal petition. Jones has filed a “Request for Petitioner to Exhaust 

State and Federal Claims” in which he chooses the second option offered him, i.e., that he would

dismiss this action and return to state court to exhaust all claims before filing a new federal 

petition presenting all of his claims. See Dkt. No. 10. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED 

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without prejudice to Jones filing a new federal petition after exhausting state court remedies for all 

the claims in that new petition. 

The Court notes that Jones attached to his request what appears to be a copy of his 

proposed state habeas petition to the Alameda County Superior Court. See Dkt. No. 10-1. Jones

is advised that this Court cannot file the state habeas petition for him. The Clerk shall return to 

Jones the proposed state petition at Docket No. 10-1 for Jones to himself file in state court. Jones

is cautioned to act swiftly to get to state court, proceed through state court, and return to federal 

court with a new petition so that he does not miss the one-year deadline in the habeas statute of 

limitations, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). 

The Clerk shall terminate Docket No. 10 and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

10/29/2015

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