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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STEFAN E. EVANS, )

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Petitioner, )

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SOTO, Warden, ) 

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Respondent. )

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1:12-cv—01652–BAM-HC

ORDER TO PETITIONER TO SIGN AND

RETURN THE CONSENT OR DECLINE

FORM WITHIN TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS

OF SERVICE, OR FACE DISMISSAL OF

THE ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE FOR

PETITIONER’S FAILURE TO COMPLY

WITH A COURT ORDER (DOCS. 3, 5)

ORDER TO THE CLERK TO SEND TO 

PETITIONER WITH THIS ORDER

ANOTHER ORDER RE: CONSENT OR

REQUEST FOR REASSIGNMENT

PETITIONER’S DEADLINE:

TWENTY-ONE (21) DAYS AFTER THE

DATE OF SERVICE OF THIS ORDER

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in

forma pauperis with a petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The

matter has been referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Local Rules 302 and 303. Pending before

the Court is the petition, which was filed on October 9, 2012.

I. Background

Petitioner filed his petition and a motion for a sixty-day

extension of time within which to file a first amended petition. 

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Petitioner’s motion for an extension of time was denied on

December 17, 2012.

On October 10, 2012, an order issued from this Court to

Petitioner to complete and return to the Court within thirty (30)

days a form indicating whether Petitioner consented or declined

to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge to conduct all

further proceedings in this case. (Doc. 3-1.) On the same date,

the order was served by mail on Petitioner at the address listed

in the docket. Over thirty days passed without Petitioner’s

responding to the Court’s order as directed.

On November 21, 2012, another order issued from this Court

to Petitioner to complete and return to the Court within thirty

(30) days a form indicating whether or not Petitioner consented

or declined to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge to

conduct all further proceedings in this case. (Doc. 5.) On the

same date, the order was served by mail on Petitioner at the

address listed in the docket. Over thirty (30) days passed, but

Petitioner did not respond to the Court’s order as directed.

Both the orders informed Petitioner that the form must be

completed and returned regardless of the choice exercised by any

other party. (Doc. 3-1 at 1; doc. 5.)

II. Order to Complete Form or Suffer Dismissal of the

 Proceeding 

 

Petitioner has failed to comply with the Court’s repeated

orders to complete and sign a form concerning consent or request

for reassignment.

A failure to comply with an order of the Court may result in

sanctions, including dismissal, pursuant to the inherent power of

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the Court, federal statute, and the Federal Rules of Civil

Procedure. Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b), 11; Local Rule 110; Chambers

v. NASCO, Inc., 501 U.S. 31, 42-43 (1991).

Petitioner is being given one more opportunity to complete

and sign one section of the consent form and to return the form

to the Court. Petitioner is INFORMED that if he fails to

complete, sign, and return the form within twenty-one days after

service of this order, the instant proceeding will be dismissed

without prejudice for Petitioner’s failure to comply with an

order of the Court. 

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner is GRANTED

twenty-one (21) days from the date of service of this order to

complete, sign, and return the consent or decline portion of the

Court’s order re: consent or request for reassignment. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: January 8, 2013 /s/ Barbara A. McAuliffe 

10c20k UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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