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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMAL THOMPSON,

Petitioner,

 vs.

BEN CURRY, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-6420 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This is a habeas case brought pro se by a state prisoner. The petition is directed to

a denial of parole by the Board of Parole Hearings, but petitioner did not say in the original

petition what decision he sought to challenge. Saying that “[n]either the respondent nor the

court should have to guess which decision is meant,” the court dismissed the petition with

leave to amend. Petitioner has amended. 

In the amendment he still does not identify the hearing he seeks to challenge. Given

that in the order dismissing with leave to amend the court said how the petitioner could

identify the decision at issue – “for instance by giving the date of the decision” – the failure

to remedy the deficiency is egregious. The case therefore is DISMISSED without prejudice

for failure to comply with a court order. See Fed. R.Civ.P. 41(b). This dismissal does not in

itself prevent petitioner from filing a new case going to the same parole board decision, but

if he does so, he must clearly identify the decision at issue.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 28, 2008. 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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