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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM KENNERSON,

Petitioner,

vs.

DEAN BORDERS, et al.,

Respondents.

CASE NO. 17cv1847-LAB (BLM)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

“An individual seeking to file a ‘second or successive’ application must move in the 

appropriate court of appeals for an order directing the district court to consider his 

application. § 2244(b)(3)(A).” Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal, 523 U.S. 637, 641 (1998). Judge 

Curiel previously denied William Kennerson’s habeas petition. Kennerson admits he hasn’t 

obtained Ninth Circuit permission to file a second habeas petition but argues he didn’t need 

to under Stewart v. Martinez-Villareal. But Stewart held that a prisoner didn’t need to obtain 

permission to file a second petition where the first was dismissed for failure to exhaust state 

remedies. Id. at 644. Here, Judge Curiel dismissed the first petition on the merits. Therefore, 

Kennerson’s second petition is DISMISSED without prejudice. The clerk will attach a Ninth 

Circuit Application for Leave to File a Second Petition. Kennerson’s motions to proceed IFP

and for a TRO are DENIED as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 2, 2017

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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