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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN KEVIN PARKER, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

R.T.C. GROUNDS, Warden, et al., 

Respondents. 

No. 2:14-cv-1789 AC P 

ORDER 

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for a 

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Pending before the court is 

respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as untimely and unexhausted. ECF No. 14. In his 

opposition to respondent’s motion, petitioner asserts that he filed a petition for review with the 

California Supreme Court on May 1, 2013 and attaches a copy of the petition as “Exhibit A” to 

his opposition. ECF No. 19. However, the face sheet of the petition attached as “Exhibit A” does 

not contain a file or “docketed” stamp indicating that it was received by the California Supreme 

Court. See id. at 10. Petitioner further asserts that the California Supreme Court issued a ruling 

on his petition for review. However, he has not provided the court with a copy of this ruling. 

Respondent represents that there is no record a petition for review was ever filed, let alone 

ruled on, in petitioner’s case. The court’s review of the California appellate courts’ online 

records database, available at http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov, confirms that it contains no 

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record of any California Supreme Court filing by petitioner.1

Accordingly, petitioner is directed to file any documentation in his possession that 

demonstrates his petition for review, Exhibit A to ECF No. 19, was actually presented to and/or 

ruled on by the California Supreme Court. 

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner file within 

seven (7) days from the date of this order: 

(1) A copy of the file or “docketed” stamped page of the petition for review he filed in 

the California Supreme Court; and 

(2) A copy of all rulings he received from the California Supreme Court; 

(3) If petitioner has no responsive documents, he shall file a statement so informing the 

court. 

DATED: September 3, 2015 

 

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 The undersigned takes judicial notice of these records. See Smith v. Duncan, 297 F.3d 809, 815 

(9th Cir. 2002) (federal courts may take judicial notice of relevant state court records in federal 

habeas proceedings). 

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