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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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WALTER CHUNN,

Petitioner,

 v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Warden,

Respondents.

/

No. C 15-5240 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL;

VACATING ORDER TO SHOW

CAUSE

Petitioner, an inmate in the Sonoma County Jail, California prisoner, filed this pro se

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254 challenging a conviction and

sentence from Marin County Superior Court in 2013. It has become clear that he has

challenged the legality of the same criminal judgment in a prior petition. See Chunn v. Harris,

No. C. 15-0990 WHA (PR). A second or successive petition may not be filed in the district

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

Circuit an order authorizing this court to consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). 

Petitioner has not sought or obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. The instant petition

is accordingly DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if petitioner obtains the necessary order. 

Alternatively, petitioner may file a motion to amend the petition in his earlier case to add the

two claims raised in the petition filed in the instant case. The order to show cause (dkt. 5) is

VACATED.

No certificate of appealability is warranted in this case because a reasonable jurist would

not find the dismissal of this petition debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484

(2000). The clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 7 , 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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