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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

San Francisco Division

JAMES EVANS,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAURIE SMITH,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-01157-LB 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

[Re: ECF No. 5 ]

James Evans, currently incarcerated at the Santa Clara County Jail, has filed this pro se action

for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has consented to proceed before a 

magistrate judge. (ECF No. 7.)1In his petition, Mr. Evans challenges his 2005 conviction and 

sentence from the Santa Clara County Superior Court.

Mr. Evans is currently incarcerated on a 2015 conviction, and that his sentence on the 2015 

conviction was affected by the existence of the 2005 conviction and/or sentence. (ECF No. 8 at 1, 

4.) He filed an appeal from the 2015 conviction, and that the appellant’s opening brief in that 

appeal was filed on May 2, 2016. See People v. Evans, Cal. Ct. App. Case No. H042298 (docket 

sheet available at http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov.) This court does not read the petition in 

this action to be a challenge to the 2015 conviction, as the petition is clearly marked as challenging 

 

1 Citations are to the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pin cites are to the ECF-generated page 

numbers at the tops of the documents.

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the 2005 conviction. (ECF No. 5 at 1.) If Mr. Evans wishes to challenge his 2015 conviction, he 

may file a separate petition for writ of habeas corpus in this court, but not until after his state court 

remedies are exhausted.

The habeas petition in this action is not Mr. Evans’ first federal habeas petition concerning his

2005 conviction and sentence. His first federal habeas petition challenging that conviction and 

sentence, Evans v. Gipson, No. C 11-3129 YGR, was dismissed on September 12, 2012, as 

untimely. No appeal was taken from the dismissal of that habeas petition. 

A petitioner generally may not file more than one habeas petition in federal court to challenge 

a state court conviction/sentence. A second or successive habeas petition to challenge a conviction 

and/or sentence may not be filed in this court unless the petitioner first obtains from the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this court to consider the 

petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A).

Mr. Evans has not obtained an order from the Ninth Circuit permitting the filing of a second or 

successive habeas petition. This court will not entertain a new habeas petition from Mr. Evans

challenging the 2005 conviction and/or sentence until he first obtains permission from the Ninth 

Circuit to file such a petition. This action is DISMISSED without prejudice to Mr. Evans filing a

second or successive habeas petition in this court to challenge the 2005 conviction and/or sentence 

after he obtains the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit.

If Mr. Evans wants to attempt to obtain the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit, he should 

file an "Application For Leave To File Second Or Successive Petition" in the Ninth Circuit (at 95 

Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103). A copy of the form application is enclosed with this 

order for his convenience.

The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 16, 2016

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES EVANS,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAURIE SMITH,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:16-cv-01157-LB 

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 May 16, 2016, 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.

James Evans

F-06497 - Jail CLH006 - 16001590

Santa Clara County, Main Jail North

150 West Hedding St.

San Jose, CA 95110 

Dated: May 16, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable LAUREL BEELER

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