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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RUBEN VALDEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

CONNIE GIPSON, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:12-cv-01784 AWI MJS (HC)

ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO 

PROVIDE COPIES OF STATE COURT 

RECORDS

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in a habeas corpus action under 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 5, 2013, Respondent filed an answer to the petition, and 

lodged state court records referenced in the answer with the Court. (ECF Nos. 24-25.) In 

her answer, Respondent also refers to documents previously provided in support of a 

motion to dismiss from a prior habeas petition Petitioner filed with this Court. (See

Valdez v. Virga, E.D. Cal. Case No. 1:11-cv-01603-LJO-GSA, ECF No. 25.) The 

documents provided in the prior case are only partial copies of the relevant state court 

records.1

 

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For example, Respondent provided the first and last page of several of Petitioner's state habeas 

petitions. Without the copies of the remaining pages of the petitions, the Court is unable to determine what 

claims were presented in the petitions. 

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The Court ORDERS Respondent to provide the Court complete copies of the 

state court records previously provided in Petitioner's prior federal habeas proceeding

within fourteen (14) days of the date of issuance of this order. See Rule 7, Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases (Court may direct the parties to expand the record). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 21, 2015 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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