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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID RODRIGUEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

J. LIZARRAGA,

Respondent.

Case No. 14-cv-03620-PJH 

ORDER TO FILE A RESPONSE

Petitioner, proceeds with a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. In the 

original petition, the sole ground for relief asserted that the trial court issued an erroneous 

jury instruction regarding voluntary intoxication that failed to describe the relationship 

between petitioner’s methamphetamine use and the specific intent required for first 

degree murder by means of torture.

The case was later stayed so petitioner could exhaust additional claims. Petitioner 

has now filed a motion to lift the stay and an amended petition. However the only claim 

in the amended petition is the claim regarding the jury instruction from the original 

petition. 

Within 7 days, petitioner must indicate if he only wishes to proceed with this one 

claim. If petitioner wishes to proceed with additional claims, he must demonstrate they 

have been exhausted by attaching the petition to the California Supreme Court. Failure 

to file a response will result in this case continuing on the one claims discussed above.

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 10, 2015

________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID RODRIGUEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

J. LIZARRAGA,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-03620-PJH 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on July 10, 2015, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

David Rodriguez ID: AL2755

Mule Creek State Prison

P.O. Box 409040

Ione, CA 95640 

Dated: July 10, 2015

Richard W. Wieking

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Nichole Peric, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

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