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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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Case No.: 5:14-cv-04971-EJD

ORDER REISSUING ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

ERIC SCHWENK,

Petitioner,

v.

JIM MCDONALD, Warden, La Palma 

Correctional Center,

Respondent.

Case No. 5:14-cv-04971-EJD 

ORDER REISSUING ORDER TO 

SHOW CAUSE RE: PETITION FOR 

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

On July 17, 2015, this court issued an order to show cause requiring Respondent Jim 

McDonald, Warden of the La Palma Correctional in Eloy, Arizona (“Respondent”), to respond to 

a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition filed by California prisoner Eric Schwenk (“Petitioner”) on or 

before September 15, 2015. See Docket Item No. 11. Although the docket indicates that 

Respondent was served with a copy of the order, no response was received by the deadline. And 

while not a valid excuse for Respondent to ignore a court order, the lack of response may be due to 

the fact that Petitioner is incarcerated in a private, out-of-state prison. 

Under these circumstances, the court finds it appropriate to reissue the order to show cause 

and, this time, order service on both Respondent an on the California Attorney General. 

Accordingly, the court orders Respondent to show cause why the petition should not be 

granted, as follows:

1. The Clerk shall serve by mail a copy of this Order and the Petition and all 

attachments (Docket Item No. 1) upon Respondent at the following address: La Palma 

Correctional Center, 5501 N. La Palma Road, Eloy, AZ 85131. The Clerk shall also serve by mail 

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a copy of this Order and the Petition and all attachments upon the California Attorney General at 

the following address: California State Attorney General’s Office, 455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 

11000, San Francisco, CA 94102.

2. Respondent shall file with the court and serve on Petitioner, within sixty (60) days 

of the date this order is filed, an answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. 

Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a copy of all portions of the 

underlying state criminal court records that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant 

to a determination of the issues presented by the Petition.

3. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a traverse with 

the court and serving a copy on Respondent within thirty (30) days of his receipt of the answer.

4. Respondent may file a motion to dismiss on procedural grounds in lieu of an 

answer, as set forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 

2254 Cases. If Respondent files such a motion, Petitioner shall file with the court and serve on 

Respondent an opposition or statement of non-opposition within thirty (30) days of receipt of the 

motion. Respondent may file with the court and serve on Petitioner a reply within fifteen (15) days 

of receipt of any opposition.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 22, 2015

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EDWARD J. DAVILA

United States District Judge

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