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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES SEEGARS,

Petitioner,

v.

SUZAN HUBBARD, 

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 07-3139 MJJ (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed this pro se habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a 1989 conviction and sentence from Santa Clara County Superior

Court. Petitioner states that a “petition, appeal or other post-conviction proceeding” is “now

pending” in the California Supreme Court. See Petition at 5. 

The exhaustion requirement applicable to federal habeas petitions is not satisfied if

there is a pending post-conviction proceeding in state court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)-(c);

Sherwood v. Tomkins, 716 F.2d 632, 634 (9th Cir. 1983). If a post-conviction challenge to a

criminal conviction is pending in state court, a potential federal habeas petitioner must await

the outcome of the challenge before his state remedies are considered exhausted. See id.

Moreover, the rule in Sherwood applies whether or not the issue raised in the pending state

petition is included in the federal petition because a pending state court challenge may result

in the reversal of the petitioner's conviction, thereby mooting the federal petition. See id.

(citations omitted).

As petitioner has a post-conviction proceeding pending in the California Supreme

Court, the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice to

refiling once all state court post-conviction challenges to petitioner’s conviction and sentence

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United States District Court

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have been completed, and all claims petitioner wishes to raise in federal court have been

presented to the California Supreme Court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)-(c); Rose v. Lundy, 455

U.S. 509, 522 (1982) (holding every claim raised in federal habeas petition must be

exhausted).

The Clerk shall close the file and terminate any pending motions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: MARTIN J. JENKINS

United States District Judge 

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