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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD ERNEST ANAYA,

Petitioner,

v.

R.J. SUBIA, Acting Warden,

Respondent. _______________________________________

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No. C 07-2064 SBA (pr)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION

AS SUCCESSIVE

BACKGROUND

Petitioner Richard Ernest Anaya, a state prisoner incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison

in Ione, California, filed this pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 and an application for in forma pauperis status. Venue is proper because Petitioner was

convicted in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, which is located in this judicial district. See

28 U.S.C. § 2241(d).

According to the allegations in the petition, Petitioner was convicted of robbery and was

sentenced on May 25, 2000. He did not appeal the conviction or sentence, but he later filed a

petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the superior court, in which he asserted a claim that he was

mentally incompetent to stand trial or enter a plea, and a claim that he was provided ineffective

assistance of counsel. That petition was denied on April 11, 2003. On May 28, 2003, he filed a

habeas petition in the California Supreme Court, which was also denied. 

On February 12, 2004, Petitioner filed a previous habeas action challenging his 2000

conviction in this Court, Anaya v. Knowles, Case No. C 04-0611 SBA (PR). He had filed

another habeas action challenging a different conviction, Anaya v. Knowles, Case No. 03-

0479 SBA (PR) the year prior to that, on February 4, 2003.

On January 3, 2005, the Court granted Respondent's motion to dismiss both petitions in

Case No. 03-0479 SBA (PR) and Case No. C 04-0611 SBA (PR) as untimely. Petitioner

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 A dismissal without prejudice entitles Petitioner to file a new petition if he receives

authorization from the Ninth Circuit.

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appealed, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Petitioner's request for a certificate of

appealability.

Thereafter, Petitioner filed state habeas petitions, which were denied by the superior court

in 2006, and by the California Supreme Court in March, 2007. 

Petitioner filed the present petition on April 12, 2007, raising claims not raised in his

prior federal petition. He acknowledges that he filed two prior federal habeas petitions; however,

he argues that the merits of his claims were "never reached." He states that he has filed a motion

for leave to file a second or successive petition in the Ninth Circuit. That motion is "now

pending," according to his petition.

DISCUSSION

The Court finds the present petition is a second or successive petition attacking the same

conviction and sentence as Petitioner's prior habeas action in Case No. C 04-0611 SBA (PR). A

second or successive petition containing new claims may not be filed in the district court unless

Petitioner first obtains from the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing the district court to consider the

petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). As stated above, Petitioner's motion for leave to file a second

or successive petition is pending in the Ninth Circuit. Accordingly, the petition is DISMISSED

without prejudice to filing a new habeas action if Petitioner obtains the necessary order.1

CONCLUSION

For the foregoing reasons, the petition is DISMISSED a second and successive petition

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b). The Clerk of Court shall terminate all pending motions, enter

judgment and close the file. No filing fee is due.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED:5/17/07 _______________________________

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD ERNEST ANAYA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

R.J. SUBIA et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-02064 SBA 

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 18, 2007, 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.

Richard E. Anaya P-36075

Mule Creek State Prison

P.O. Box 409020

Ione, CA 95640

Dated: May 18, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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