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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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1 Petitioner’s counsel filed a Notice of Appearance (Doc. No. 37) and

then filed a Motion to Amend/Correct Notice of Appearance (Doc. No. 38), which

appears to correct the name of the Respondent warden. The Court hereby GRANTS

Respondents’ motion and orders the Clerk of Court to STRIKE the initial notice

(Doc. No. 37) from the record. 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENNIE DIXON,

Petitioner,

v.

DERRAL G. ADAMS, Warden, et

al.,

Respondents.

 

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Case No. 08cv1764-JM(BLM)

ORDER: (1) GRANTING MOTION TO

AMEND/CORRECT NOTICE OF

APPEARANCE (Doc. No. 38),

(2) STRIKING PRIOR NOTICE OF

APPEARANCE (Doc. No. 37),

(3) ACCEPTING TRAVERSE (Doc.

No. 39), AND (4) STRIKING

PRIOR TRAVERSE (Doc. No. 35)

Petitioner initiated this action in pro per and filed his

First Amended Complaint in that capacity. Respondents filed an

answer to that complaint and, on October 16, 2009, Petitioner filed

a timely traverse. 

On October 29, 2009, Petitioner obtained counsel. See Doc.

No. 38, Ex. 1. Counsel entered an appearance on Petitioner’s behalf

on November 2, 2009.1 Petitioner’s counsel then filed a timely

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28 2 By order dated August 27, 2009, this Court granted Petitioner until

November 4, 2009, to file a traverse. Doc. No. 33.

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traverse on November 4, 2009.2 

Petitioner can have only one operable traverse. Because

Petitioner obtained counsel after filing his pro se traverse, the

Court accepts the latest traverse filed by counsel as the operable

traverse and orders the pro se traverse (Doc. No. 35) STRICKEN from

the record.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: November 4, 2009

BARBARA L. MAJOR

United States Magistrate Judge

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