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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 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 

Damian Dudley, 

Petitioner, 

 v. 

Charles L. Ryan, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. CV 15-0471-PHX-SMM (JZB) 

 O R D E R 

Petitioner Damian Dudley, who is confined in the Arizona State Prison ComplexLewis, has filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

and paid the $5.00 filing fee. The Court will require Petitioner to file a certification. 

I. Petition is Not Signed 

 Petitioner did not sign his § 2254 Petition. The Petition must be signed by 

Petitioner under penalty of perjury. See 28 U.S.C. § 2242; Rule 2(c)(5) of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases; Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a); LRCiv 3.5(a). An unsigned 

pleading must be stricken unless omission of the signature is corrected promptly after 

being called to the attention of the party. Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a). 

 Because the Petition has not been signed, Petitioner will be granted 30 days from 

the filing date of this Order to submit a completed and signed Certificate, using the 

Certificate form included with this Order, certifying that Petitioner’s signature on the 

Certificate shall serve as an original signature, under penalty of perjury, on his § 2254 

Petition for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, Rule 2(c)(5) of the Rules Governing 

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Section 2254 Cases, Rule 3.5(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 11 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. If Petitioner fails to submit a completed and signed 

Certificate, the Court will strike the Petition and dismiss this action without prejudice.

II. Warnings

A. Address Changes

 Petitioner must file and serve a notice of a change of address in accordance with 

Rule 83.3(d) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure. Petitioner must not include a motion 

for other relief with a notice of change of address. Failure to comply may result in 

dismissal of this action. 

B. Copies

 Because Petitioner is currently confined in an Arizona Department of Corrections 

unit subject to General Order 14-17, Petitioner is not required to submit an additional 

copy of every filing for use by the Court, as would ordinarily be required by Local Rule 

of Civil Procedure 5.4. If Petitioner is transferred to a unit other than one subject to 

General Order 14-17, he will be notified of the requirements regarding copies for the 

Court that are required for inmates whose cases are not subject to General Order 14-17. 

C. Possible Dismissal

 If Petitioner fails to timely comply with every provision of this Order, including 

these warnings, the Court may dismiss this action without further notice. See Ferdik v. 

Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1260-61 (9th Cir. 1992) (a district court may dismiss an action 

for failure to comply with any order of the Court). 

IT IS ORDERED: 

(1) Within 30 days of the date this Order is filed, Petitioner must file a 

completed and signed Certificate, using the Certificate form provided with this Order, 

certifying that Petitioner’s signature on the Certificate shall serve as an original signature 

on the Petition for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2242, Rule 2(c)(5) of the Rules Governing 

Section 2254 Cases, Rule 3.5(a) of the Local Rules of Civil Procedure, and Rule 11 of the 

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

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 (2) If Petitioner fails to file, within 30 days, a completed and signed Certificate 

on the form provided with this Order, the Clerk of Court must strike Petitioner’s Petition 

and enter a judgment of dismissal of this action without prejudice and without further 

notice to Petitioner. 

 (3) The Clerk of Court must mail Petitioner a Certificate form. 

 Dated this 27th day of April, 2015. 

Honorable Stephen M. McNamee

Senior United States District Judge

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