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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

BENITO JULIAN LUNA,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-04-0627 FCD GGH P

vs.

SCOTT KERNAN, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with appointed counsel with a petition for

a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On September 14, 2004, the undersigned granted petitioner’s motion to

voluntarily dismiss this case without prejudice. On June 3, 2011, petitioner filed a first amended 1

petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner indicates that he returned to state court to exhaust

additional claims, however it appears that those claims were exhausted when the California

Supreme Court denied a petition on July 18, 2007. It is not clear what has transpired in the four

years since the California Supreme Court denied the petition, or why petitioner waited to re-file

in federal court.

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A dismissal without prejudice is treated for limitations purposes as if the case had never 2

been filed, Henry v. Lundgren, 164 F.3d 1240, 1241 (9th Cir. 1999), i.e., there is no filing to which

the later filed habeas petition can relate back.

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Petitioner shall show cause within twenty-one days why the petition should not be

dismissed for being filed beyond the one year statute of limitations.

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner shall show cause within

twenty-one days why the petition should not be dismissed for being filed beyond the one year

statute of limitations.

DATED: June 8, 2011

 /s/ Gregory G. Hollows

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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