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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

RAMON P. ZAPATA,

Petitioner,

v.

S. FRAUENHEIM, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-2531 KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel. On October 24, 2016, this court 

received three filings by petitioner, all addressed to the Madera County Superior Court: petition 

for writ of habeas corpus, opening brief, and a request for evidentiary hearing. (ECF Nos. 1-3.) 

In his request for evidentiary hearing, petitioner states that he was filing the petition “in order to 

exhaust state judicial remedies for his claims.” (ECF No. 3 at 1.) Indeed, on October 25, 2016, 

petitioner’s previously filed federal petition was stayed pending exhaustion of state court 

remedies. Zapata v. Frauenheim, No. 1:16-cv-1260 SAB (E.D. Cal.) (Fresno). Any challenge to 

the 2013 conviction in Madera County is properly brought in the Fresno Division of this court. 

Because it appears that petitioner inadvertently filed his documents in the wrong court, the 

clerk is directed to send petitioner’s original filings to the Madera County Superior Court. The 

scanned copies of such filings are retained on this court’s electronic docket, but this action is 

terminated. Petitioner is cautioned that he must direct future filings to the proper court; any 

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further filings in this action will be disregarded, and no orders will issue in response to future 

filings.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The Clerk of the Court shall send petitioner’s original filings (ECF Nos. 1-3) to:

Madera County Superior Court

200 South “G” Street

Madera, CA 93637

2. The Clerk is directed to close this case. 

Dated: November 16, 2016

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