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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

ERIC VERNON PARKER,

Petitioner,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-02431-VC (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner Eric Vernon Parker is a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the California 

Training Facility in Soledad, California. He has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his sentence imposed in the Contra Costa County 

Superior Court. Parker has paid the $5.00 filing fee.

It does not appear from the face of the petition that it is clearly without merit. Good cause 

appearing, the Court hereby issues the following orders:

1. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order and the petition and all 

attachments thereto upon Respondent and Respondent’s attorney, the Attorney General of the 

State of California. The Clerk also shall serve a copy of this Order on Parker at his current 

address. 

2. No later than sixty days from the date of this Order, Respondent shall file with this 

Court and serve upon Parker 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 issued. 

Respondent shall file with the Answer all portions of the state record that have been transcribed 

previously and are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition. If Parker 

wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall do so by filing a Traverse with the Court and serving it 

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on Respondent within thirty days of his receipt of the Answer. If he does not do so, the petition 

will be deemed submitted and ready for decision on the date the Traverse is due.

3. No later than sixty days from the date of this Order, Respondent may file with this

Court and serve upon Parker 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, Parker shall file with the Court and serve on Respondent an 

opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion within thirty days of receipt of the 

motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Parker a reply within fourteen days 

of receipt of an opposition.

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

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the Clerk headed “Notice of 

Change of Address,” and must comply with the Court's orders in a timely fashion. He also must 

serve on Respondent’s counsel all communications with the Court by mailing a true copy of the 

document to Respondent’s counsel. 

5. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable extensions will be granted. 

Any motion for an extension of time must be filed no later than ten days prior to the deadline 

sought to be extended.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 6, 2015

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ERIC VERNON PARKER,

Plaintiff,

v.

M. E. SPEARMAN,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-02431-VC 

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 July 6, 2015, 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.

Eric Vernon Parker ID: G-02354

CTF North A RB131 low

PO Box 705

Soledad, CA 93960 

Dated: July 6, 2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Kristen Melen, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable VINCE CHHABRIA

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