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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RONALD JOSEPH PEREIRA, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

GARY SWARTHOUT, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-0530 KJM AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se on an application for writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has filed a request for status in which he requests the 

status of his case and the case number because he no longer has his legal paperwork. ECF No. 

17. He also requests a copy of the petition. Id. 

 On June 4, 2014, the court struck Grounds 1 through 3 and 5 through 9 from the petition 

and stayed the petition, which now contains only Ground 4. ECF No. 15. The stay was granted 

to allow petitioner to exhaust his unexhausted claims in state court. Id. Petitioner was ordered to 

notify this court of any ruling from the California Supreme Court exhausting his then 

unexhausted claims within thirty days of a ruling from the California Supreme Court. Id. At that 

time he was also to request the stay be lifted and file an amended petition. Id. Although it 

appears that petitioner’s request for status is simply a request for his case information, his claim 

that he has not received any updates indicates that he may have previously attempted to notify the 

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court of the status of his attempts to exhaust his claims in state court. Therefore, within thirty 

days of this order, petitioner must file a status report advising the court of the status of his efforts 

to exhaust his state court remedies. With respect to petitioner’s request for a copy of the petition, 

the Clerk of the Court has previously provided him with instructions on obtaining copies from the 

court. See Docket Entry for ECF No. 17. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner shall file a case status report 

within thirty days of the filing of this order. The status report must advise the court of the status 

of petitioner’s efforts to exhaust his state court remedies, including the dates that any state court 

petitions were filed and the dates (if any) they were decided. If petitioner has not exhausted his 

previously unexhausted claims, he should also advise whether he is still pursuing state court 

remedies or whether he seeks to lift the stay and proceed on Ground 4 of the original complaint 

only. 

DATED: October 6, 2015 

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