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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

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OAKLAND DIVISION

LIONEL RUBALCAVA,

Petitioner,

 v.

TOM FELKER, Warden, High Desert State

Prison, Susanville, California,

Respondent. 

No. C 07-5379 SBA

ORDER TO RESPOND

Petitioner Lionel Rubalcava has filed a petitioner for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. See Docket No. 1. On a preliminary examination of the application for

a writ of habeas corpus, the Court has decided not to dismiss it summarily. Accordingly, the Court

ORDERS as follows:

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

attachments thereto upon the Respondent and the Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General

of the State of California. The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this Order on the Petitioner at his

most current address. 

2. Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon the Petitioner, within sixty (60) days of the

issuance of this Order, 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 issued. The

Respondent shall file with the Answer a copy of all portions of the state trial record that have

been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by

the petition. 

3. 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 to the motion within 30 days of receipt of the motion,

and Respondent shall file with the court and serve on Petitioner a reply within 15 days of receipt

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of any opposition. 

4. If Petitioner wishes to file a Traverse in response to the Answer he may do so and serve a copy

upon Respondent within thirty (30) days of Petitioner’s receipt of the Answer. Should Petitioner

fail to do so, the petition will be deemed submitted and ready for decision thirty days after the

date Petitioner is served with Respondent’s Answer. 

5. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep the Court and

Respondent informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a

timely fashion. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute

pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

6. Petitioner is reminded that all communications with the Court, whether by way of formal legal

motions or informal letters, must be served on Respondent by mailing a true copy of the

document to Respondent’s counsel. All communications must be delivered to the Clerk of Court

with a full caption and with copies sent to the other party. See FED. R. CIV. P. 5(a) and 11. 

7. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable extensions will be granted. However, the

party making a motion for an extension of time is not relieved from his or her duty to comply

with the deadlines set by the Court merely by having made a motion for an extension of time.

The party making the motion must still meet the deadlines set by the Court until an order

addressing the motion for an extension of time is issued. Any motion for an extension of time

must be filed no later than 15 days prior to the deadline sought to be extended.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

November 7, 2007 _________________________________

Saundra Brown Armstrong 

United States District Judge

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