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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALONZO DIBOCCE,

Petitioner,

v.

DANIEL PARAMO,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-03523-VC (PR)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

STAY; DISMISSING PETITION

WITHOUT PREJUDICE; DENYING 

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Re: Dkt. No. 13

On July 8, 2015, Alonzo Dibocce, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 20, 2015, Dibocce filed a motion, under 

Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269 (2005), to stay and abey the petition while he exhausts all of his 

claims in state court. This motion is denied. 

Before a petitioner may challenge either the fact or length of his confinement in a federal 

habeas petition, he must exhaust state remedies for all claims. See Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 

522 (1982). The general rule is that a federal district court must dismiss a federal habeas petition 

containing any claim as to which state remedies have not been exhausted. Id. Although a mixed 

petition, that is, one with exhausted and unexhausted claims, may be stayed, a fully unexhausted 

federal habeas petition may not be stayed and must be dismissed. Rasberry v. Garcia, 448 F.3d 

1150, 1154 (9th Cir. 2006) (“Once a district court determines that a habeas petition contains only 

unexhausted claims, it need not inquire further as to the petitioner's intentions. Instead, it may 

simply dismiss the habeas petition for failure to exhaust.”); Jones v. McDaniel, 320 Fed. Appx. 

784, 786 (9th Cir. 2009) (affirming dismissal of a fully unexhausted petition and denial of a stay, 

because a “Rhines stay is only available for a mixed habeas petition where at least some of the 

claims have been exhausted, and none of [petitioner's] claims were exhausted”). 

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It is apparent from Dibocce’s motion that none of his claims have been exhausted. 

Therefore, the motion for a stay is denied and the petition is dismissed without prejudice as 

unexhausted. Dibocce may file a new petition once the claims have been exhausted. Because 

reasonable jurists would not find the result debatable, a certificate of appealability is denied. See

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). 

The clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 10, 2015

______________________________________

VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALONZO DIBOCCE,

Plaintiff,

v.

DANIEL PARAMO,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-03523-VC 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on September 10, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Alonzo Dibocce ID: AU1396

R J Donovan Correctional Facility

480 Alta Road

San Diego, CA 92179 

Dated: September 10, 2015

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Kristen Melen, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable VINCE CHHABRIA

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