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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ABDULIA AHMED BAABBAD, )

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Petitioner, )

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GEORGE GALAZA, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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CV F 02 6643 OWW WMW HC

FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION RE

MOTION TO DISMISS AND 

ORDER REQUIRING PETITIONER TO

SERVE RESPONDENT WITH AMENDED

PETITION

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On May 23, 2003, the court entered an order granting Petitioner’s motion to withdraw

claim number four, which was unexhausted, and granting Petitioner’s motion to hold this

petition in abeyance. The court further denied Petitioner’s motion to amend his petition upon the

exhaustion of claim four, explaining that such a motion was premature and could properly be

raised after the claim was exhausted.

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On May 13, 2004, Petitioner filed a “Notice of Exhaustion of State Court Remedies,”

providing the court with a copy of the order of the California Supreme Court entered April 28,

2004, denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner asserted in his Notice that claim

number 4 had been exhausted. 

On November 22, 2004, the court issued an order granting Petitioner’s request to amend

his petition and allowing him thirty days to do so. On February 8, 2005, the court issued an

order granting Petitioner a thirty-day extension of time to file his first amended petition. On

April 1, 2005, the court granted Petitioner another thirty-day extension of time to file his first

amended petition. On May 4, 2005, Petitioner filed his first amended petition. 

On May 31, 2005, Petitioner’s copy of the court’s order of April 1, 2005, was returned by

the United States Postal Service as undeliverable. On May 19, 2005, Respondent filed a motion

to dismiss, contending that Petitioner had failed to file his first amended petition and had also

failed to keep the court apprised of his current address. On June 2, 2005, Petitioner filed a

Notice in response to Petitioner’s motion. Petitioner stated that the court had placed an incorrect

CDC number on his copy of the court’s order of April 1, 2005, which had prevented him from

receiving the order and caused it to be returned. On June 14, 2005, the court reserved Petitioner

with a copy of the order of April 1, 2005, which contained the correct CDC number for

Petitioner. That copy of the order was not returned.

The court finds that the return of the order of April 1, 2005, was caused by the court’s

clerical error and not by a failure on the part of Petitioner to keep the court appraised of his

current address.

The court further finds that the proof of service attached to Petitioner’s first amended

petition filed with the court on May 4, 2005, does not indicate that the first amended petition was

served on Respondent. This, of course, explains why Respondent is not aware that Petitioner

filed his first amended petition. 

Accordingly, Petitioner is HEREBY ORDERED to serve Respondent with a copy of his

first amended petition within ten (10) days of the date of service of the present order. 

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Respondent is HEREBY GRANTED thirty days after receipt of Petitioner’s first amended

complaint to file a response.

In light of the above, IT IS HEREBY RECOMMENDED that the court deny

Respondent’s motion to dismiss.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 1, 2005 /s/ William M. Wunderlich 

bl0dc4 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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