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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM CECIL THORNTON, Civil No. 11-1581 LAB (WMC)

Petitioner,

ORDER: 

(1) DISMISSING CASE 

WITHOUT PREJUDICE; and

(2) DENYING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

AS MOOT

v.

MATTHEW CATE, et al., 

Respondents.

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT PREJUDICE

In this Petition, Petitioner is seeking to challenge his state court conviction in San Diego

Superior Court case number SCE295036. (See ECF No. 1.) Petitioner is already challenging

this conviction via a habeas corpus petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in case number

11cv0338 IEG (POR). (See Thornton v. Stainer, 11cv0338 IEG (POR).) The claim contained

in the Petition filed in this case is not duplicative of the claims contained in the petition filed in

case no. 11cv0338 IEG (POR); rather, it is an additional ground upon which he is challenging

his conviction in San Diego Superior Court case no. SCE295036. An Answer has been filed in

case no. 11cv0338 IEG (POR). (See id., ECF No. 9.) Thus, if Petitioner wishes to challenge his

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conviction in San Diego Superior Court case no. SCE295036 on additional grounds, he must

seek leave to amend his petition in case no. 11cv0338 IEG (POR). (See Fed.R.Civ.P. 15(a)(2)).

MOTION TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

Petitioner has filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. Because the Court is

dismissing this action without prejudice, the motion to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED

as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: August 2, 2011

HONORABLE LARRY ALAN BURNS

United States District Judge

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