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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 Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COLVIN MCCRIGHT,

Petitioner,

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JOE MCGRATH, Warden,

Respondent.

 

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No. C 05-03266 JW (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Docket Nos. 7, 9, 10 & 11)

Petitioner, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, has filed a petition for a

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that the Board of Prison

Terms has failed to fix a term for his indeterminate sentence of seven years to life in

state prison for a first degree murder conviction in 1972. Petitioner has filed six

previous petitions for a writ of habeas corpus with this Court, at least three of which

have raised the same issue he raises in this petition. (See C 01-20482, C 98-20557,

C 98-20062, C 93-00245, C 92-03759, C 91-00315).

This is a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254. A second or successive petition may not be filed in this Court

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unless petitioner first obtains from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth

Circuit an order authorizing this Court to consider the petition. 28 U.S.C. §

2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner has not sought or obtained such an order from the Ninth

Circuit. Accordingly, the petition is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if

petitioner obtains the necessary order. 

The clerk shall terminate all pending motions as moot, including respondent’s

motion to dismiss (Docket No. 7), petitioner’s motions for an order to show cause

(Docket No. 9), for sanctions (Docket No. 10), and for appointment of counsel

(Docket No. 11). 

DATED: August 1, 2007 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

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