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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SALVADOR M. GONZALEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

S. SHERMAN, Warden,

Defendant.

Case No. 15cv2419 GPC (RBB)

SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF 

SUCCESSIVE PETITION 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(b)(3)(A) GATEKEEPER 

PROVISION

Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254, along a copy of his trust account statement, which this Court construes as a request 

to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court does not rule on Petitioner’s request to proceed in 

forma pauperis because this case is summarily dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(b)(3)(A) as indicated below.

PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION

The instant Petition is not the first Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Petitioner 

has submitted to this Court challenging his June 15, 2007 conviction in Imperial County 

Superior Court case number JCF18113. On October 28, 2010, Petitioner filed, in this

Court, a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in case No. 10cv2243. In that petition, 

Petitioner challenged his June 15, 2007 conviction as well. On August 26, 2013, this Court 

denied the petition on the merits. (See Order filed Aug. 26, 2013 in case No. 10cv2243 

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JLS (RBB) [ECF No. 31].) Petitioner appealed that determination. On September 12, 

2014, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Petitioner’s request for certificate of 

appealability. (See Order in Gonzalez v. Busby, No.13-56594 (9th Cir. Sept. 12, 2014).) 

Petitioner is now seeking to challenge the sentence imposed as a result the conviction 

he challenged in his prior federal habeas petition. Unless a petitioner shows he or she has 

obtained an Order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to 

consider a successive petition, the petition may not be filed in the district court. See 28 

U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); see also Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 153 (2007) (a petition 

is successive where it challenges “the same custody imposed by the same judgment of a 

state court” as a prior petition). A successive application is permissible “only if it rests on 

a new rule of constitutional law, facts that were previously unavailable, or facts that would 

be sufficient to show constitutional error in the petitioner's conviction.” Woods v. Carey, 

525 F.3d 886, 888 (9th Cir. 2008). “Even if a petitioner can demonstrate that he qualifies 

for one of these exceptions, he must seek authorization from the court of appeals before 

filing his new petition with the district court.” Id. Here, there is no indication the Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals has granted Petitioner leave to file a successive petition.

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CONCLUSION

Because there is no indication Petitioner has obtained permission from the Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals to file a successive petition, this Court cannot consider his 

Petition. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this action without prejudice to Petitioner 

filing a petition in this court if he obtains the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit Court

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In his Petition, Petitioner indicates that on October 22, 2015 he submitted a motion for leave to file a 

second or successive petition with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. (See Pet. at 5, 78-81.) He has 

not, however, indicated that the request has been granted by the Court of Appeals.

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of Appeals. For Petitioner’s convenience, the Clerk of Court shall attach a blank Ninth 

Circuit Application for Leave to File Second or Successive Petition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 6, 2015

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