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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

LEVERT HAYES, Jr., Civil No. 09cv1354 L (JMA)

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING CASE AS

vs. DUPLICATIVE

ROBERT WONG, Warden, 

Respondents.

Petitioner, Levert Hays, Jr., a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for

Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

Petitioner raises a single claim in the present Petition challenging the use of juvenile

priors to enhance his sentence in violation of the Sixth Amendment and Apprendi v. New Jersey,

530 U.S. 466 (2000). (Pet. at 6; Attachment 22(A) at 1.) 

The Court may dismiss a duplicative petition as frivolous if it “merely repeats pending

or previously litigated claims.” Cato v. United States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995)

(citations omitted). Petitioner currently has another case pending in this Court, case number

08cv1461 H (BLM) in which he challenges the use of his juvenile priors as sentencing

enhancements in violation of Apprendi. (See Pet. in case number 08cv1461 H (BLM) at 8;

Attachment One at 5.) 

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Based on the foregoing, the Court DISMISSES this case because the Petition in this case

is duplicative of that filed in case number 08cv1461 H (BLM). The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: July 30, 2009

M. James Lorenz

United States District Court Judge

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