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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:1651 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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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

ANTHONY CHARLES MCDADE,

Petitioner,

v.

BOARD OF CORRECTIONS, 

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 07-5294 MJJ (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed this pro se habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 challenging decisions by the California Board of Prison Terms and the “Board

of Corrections” with respect to the computation of time credits and a “three-year violation.” 

Petitioner states in the petition that he is challenging these decisions in a “petition, appeal or

other post-conviction proceeding now pending” in the Marin County Superior Court. See

Petition at 5-A. 

The exhaustion requirement applicable to federal habeas petitions is not satisfied if

there is a pending post-conviction proceeding in state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)-(c);

Sherwood v. Tomkins, 716 F.2d 632, 634 (9th Cir. 1983). If a post-conviction challenge is

pending in state court, a potential federal habeas petitioner must await the outcome of the

challenge before his state remedies are considered exhausted. See id. Moreover, the rule in

Sherwood applies whether or not the issue raised in the pending state petition is included in

the federal petition because a pending state court challenge may result in the relief the

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petitioner seeks, thereby mooting the federal petition. See id. (citations omitted).

As petitioner has a habeas petition pending in the Marin County Superior Court, the

instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling once

all state court post-conviction challenges to petitioner’s conviction have been completed, and

all claims petitioner wishes to raise in federal court have been presented to the California

Supreme Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)-(c); Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 522 (1982)

(holding every claim raised in federal habeas petition must be exhausted).

The Clerk shall close the file and terminate any pending motions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 10/24/07 

 MARTIN J. JENKINS

United States District Judge 

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