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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROXANNE ARI,

Petitioner,

 vs.

MARY LATTIMORE, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 10-0060 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL;

GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS; DENYING

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL

(Docket Nos. 2 & 3)

Ths is a habeas case filed by a California prisoner proceeding pro se under to 28 U.S.C.

2254. She has also applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and requested appointment of

counsel.

In her petition, petitioner states that at the time she filed the instant federal habeas

petition, she had a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pending in the California Supreme Court

(see Form Petition at 6, § 17). 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 postconviction challenge to a criminal conviction is pending in state court, a potential federal

habeas petitioner must await the outcome of that challenge before his state remedies are

considered exhausted. Ibid. This rule applies irrespective of whether the issue raised in the

pending state petition is included in the federal petition, for the reason that a pending state court

challenge may result in a reversal of the petitioner's conviction, thereby mooting the federal

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petition. Ibid. (citations omitted).

As petitioner has a habeas petition proceeding pending in the California Supreme Court,

the instant petition for a writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice to petitioner’s

refiling her claims after all state court post-conviction challenges to petitioner’s conviction have

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

accordance with 28 U.S.C. 2254(b)-(c). 

Due to petitioner’s lack of funds, the application to proceed in forma pauperis (docket

number 2) is GRANTED. The request for appointment of counsel (docket number 3) is DENIED

in light of the dismissal of this matter.

The clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 27 , 2010. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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