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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARRY ELDRIDGE, 

Petitioner,

 vs.

RICHARD SUBIA, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-5650 JSW (PR)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION

FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS

(Docket No. 3) 

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus brought pro se by Petitioner pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutional validity of his state conviction. 

Petitioner has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis which is now GRANTED

(docket no. 3). Petitioner's earlier habeas petition was filed under Case No. C:04-cv0088 JSW (PR). That petition was denied as untimely by this Court on October 3, 2005. 

Petitioner now files a separate habeas petition raising what appear to be different claims

on the than those raised in his earlier petition. 

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 ("AEDPA") was

signed into law on April 24, 1996. Under AEDPA, a district court must dismiss claims

presented in a second or successive habeas petition challenging the same conviction and

sentence that were raised in a previous petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(1); Babbitt v.

Woodford, 177 F.3d 744, 745-46 (9th Cir. 1999). Additionally, a district court must

dismiss any new claims raised in a successive petition unless the petitioner received an

order from the court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider the petition. 28

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U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A).

Here, the instant petition challenges the same conviction and sentence as the

previous petition decided by this Court in 2005. Petitioner has not presented an order

from the court of appeals authorizing the Court to consider these claims. Accordingly,

the Court must dismiss the instant petition in its entirety. Petitioner is free to seek such

an order from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See, 28 U.S.C. §

2244(b)(3)(A).

CONCLUSION

For the forgoing reasons, the petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED as

a second and successive petition. The Clerk shall close the file and enter judgment in

this matter. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 29, 2007

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HARRY EDLRIDGE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

RICHARD SUBIA et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-05650 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 29, 2007, 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.

Harry L. Eldridge

P.O. Box 409000

H06424

Ione, CA 95640-9000

Dated: November 29, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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