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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 Northern District of California

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Order to Show Cause

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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

DARRYL ANDRES ESCALANTE,

Petitioner,

 vs.

RANDY GROUNDS, Warden,

Respondent.

 

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No. C 10-00959 JW (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE;

DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AS

MOOT

(Docket No. 4)

Petitioner, a California inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad

proceeding pro se, seeks a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

2254, challenging the 2007 decision by the Board of Parole Hearings (the “Board”)

finding petitioner unsuitable for parole. Petitioner has paid the filing fee.

BACKGROUND

According to the petition, petitioner was convicted of four counts of attempted

murder with the use of a firearm. (Pet. at 6.) Petitioner was sentenced to life with the

possibility of parole in state prison on August 23, 1999. On November 1, 2007, the

Board found petitioner unsuitable for parole after his third parole consideration hearing. 

Petitioner challenged the Board’s decision by filing habeas petitions in the state courts,

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with the state high court denying review on February 10, 2010. Petitioner filed the

instant federal petition on March 5, 2010.

DISCUSSION

A. Standard of Review

This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a

person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court only on the ground that he is

in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28

U.S.C. § 2254(a); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). 

A district court shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to

show cause why the writ should not be granted, unless it appears from the application

that the applicant or person detained is not entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. 

B. Petitioner’s Claims

Petitioner seeks federal habeas corpus relief from the Board’s November 1, 2007

decision finding him unsuitable for parole on the grounds that the decision was not

supported by some evidence that petitioner poses a current risk to public safety. (Pet. at

6.) Liberally construed, petitioner’s claim appears cognizable under § 2254 and merits

an answer from respondent. 

CONCLUSION 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown,

1. The clerk shall serve by certified mail a copy of this order and the 

petition and all attachments thereto on respondent and respondent’s attorney, the

Attorney General of the State of California. The clerk also shall serve a copy of this

order on petitioner. 

2. Respondent shall file with the court and serve on 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

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should not be issued. Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on petitioner 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.

If petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a traverse

with the court and serving it on respondent within thirty (30) days of his receipt of the

answer. 

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

within thirty (30) days of receipt of the motion, and respondent shall file with the court

and serve on petitioner a reply within fifteen (15) days of receipt of any opposition.

4. Petitioner is reminded that all communications with the court must be

served on respondent by mailing a true copy of the document to respondent’s counsel. 

Petitioner must also keep the court and all parties informed of any change 

of address. 

5. Petitioner’s motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Docket No. 4) 

is DENIED as moot since petitioner has paid the filing fee. 

This order terminates Docket No. 4.

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

May 10, 2010 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DARRYL A ESCALANTE,

Petitioner,

 v.

RANDY GROUNDS, Warden, 

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV10-00959 JW 

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 , 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.

Darryl Andres Escalante K-35540

Correctional Training Facility

P. O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

5/13/2010 5/13/2010 /s/

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