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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

MIGUEL ANGEL CISNEROS,

Petitioner,

v.

JIM ROBERTSON, et al.,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-02606-HSG 

ORDER VACATING ORDER OF 

DISMISSAL AND JUDGMENT; REOPENING CASE;

ADMINISTRATIVELY CLOSING 

CASE

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2016 conviction from San Mateo County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 

1. On July 25, 2019, the Court granted petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis; dismissed 

this action as duplicative because this action challenged the same sentence and conviction 

challenged in Cisneros v. Roberston, No. C 18-01877 HSG (PR) (“Cisneros I”), which is still 

pending; and denied a certificate of appealability. Dkt. No. 10. The Court entered judgment in 

favor of respondent that same day. Dkt. No. 11. The Court erred in dismissing this petition as 

successive. When a pro se petitioner files a new petition in the district court while an earlier-filed 

petition is still pending, the district court must construe the new petition as a motion to amend the 

pending petition rather than as an unauthorized second or successive petition. Woods v. Carey, 

525 F.3d 886, 887–90 (9th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, the Court VACATES the July 25, 2019 

Order Granting Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis, Dismissing Petition as Duplicative, Denying 

Certificate of Appealability (Dkt. No. 10) and VACATES the accompanying judgment (Dkt. No. 

11). The Court re-opens this case, and administratively closes this case pursuant to Woods. 

Because this case was opened in error, the Clerk of the Court shall not charge a filing fee. The 

Clerk of the Court is directed to construe the initial petition (Dkt. No. 1) as a request for leave to 

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file an amended petition; and to file the motion (Dkt. No. 1) in Cisneros v. Roberston, No. C 18-

01877 HSG (PR).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 9/5/2019

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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

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