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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LISA MARIE BELYEW, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:19-cv-0294 AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis, has filed an 

application for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The matter was 

referred to a United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Local Rule 

302. 

 Before this court is petitioner’s motion to amend the petition. ECF No. 5. For the reasons 

stated below, the court shall grant the motion. 

 On December 28, 2020, in Belyew v. Pallares, No. 2:20-cv-2503 KJN P (“Belyew II”), 

the magistrate judge assigned to that action determined that petitioner was challenging the same 

conviction that she is challenging in the instant action, which is earlier-filed. See Belyew II, ECF 

No. 7 at 1. As a result, the magistrate judge directed the Clerk of Court to file the original 

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petition in Belyew II as a motion to amend in the instant action. See Belyew II, ECF No. 7 at 2. 

Thereafter, Belyew II was closed. See Belyew II, ECF No. 7 at 2. 

 The court agrees that the original petition in this case and the original petition presented in 

Belyew II, the subject of the instant motion, stem from the same conviction. Compare ECF No. 

1, with Belyew II, ECF No. 1. The motion to amend the petition accordingly will be granted. 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

 1. Petitioner’s motion to amend the petition (ECF No. 5) is GRANTED, and 

 2. The Clerk of Court is directed to add the petition in the motion to amend (see ECF No. 

5) to the docket as a separate entry, and to identify it as petitioner’s first amended petition. 

DATED: February 1, 2021 

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