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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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Order to Show Cause

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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTONIO JIMENEZ,

Petitioner,

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C. NOLL, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 09-04862 JF (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner, a California inmate currently incarcerated at the Correctional Training

Facility in Soledad, seeks petition in pro se for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the 2008 denial of parole by the Board of Parole Hearings (the

“Board”). Petitioner has paid the filing fee. The Court orders Respondent to show cause

why the petition should not be granted. 

STATEMENT

In 1987, Petitioner was sentenced to a term of 15 years to life plus 2 years in state

prison after pleading nolo contendere to second degree murder with the use of a deadly

weapon. (Pet. at 2.) The Board found Petitioner unsuitable for parole after a parole

suitability hearing on November 6, 2008. Petitioner sought habeas relief in the state

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superior, appellate, and supreme courts, all of which denied relief. Petitioner filed the

instant federal petition on October 13, 2009.

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

As grounds for federal habeas relief, Petitioner alleges that the Board has

continued to “illegally use the unchanging facts of the underlying commitment offense to

deny parole suitability in the advent of a significant rehabilitation without any evidence of

any nexus between the facts, the crime, and a current safety risk.” (Pet. Attach. at 3.) 

Liberally construed, Petitioner’s claim is cognizable under § 2254, as a violation of his

right to due process. The Court orders Respondent to show cause why the petition for a

writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. 

CONCLUSION 

1. The Clerk shall serve by mail a copy of this order and the petition 

and all attachments thereto upon the Respondent and the Respondent’s attorney, the

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

order on the Petitioner. 

2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner, within sixty 

(60) days of the date this order is filed, an answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of

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the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus

should not be granted. Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a

copy of all portions of the state parole 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. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. 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 keep the Court and all

parties informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper captioned “Notice of

Change of Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion. 

Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ___________________ JEREMY FOGEL 

United States District Judge

2/26/10

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTONIO JIMENEZ,

Petitioner,

 v.

C. NOLL, Warden,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV09-04862 JF 

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.

Antonio Jimenez D-58095

Correctional Training Facility

P.O. Box 686

Soledad, CA 93960

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

3/9/10

3/9/10

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