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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

DAVID ANTHONY ESPARZA, )

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Petitioner, )

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M. KNOWLES, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER LEAVE

TO FILE AN 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 August 9, 2004, Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the United States

District Court for the Eastern District of California, Sacramento Division. On August 26, 2004, the

matter was transferred to the Fresno Division of the Eastern District of California and received in

this Court. 

Also on August 9, 2004, Petitioner filed a motion to stay the proceedings and hold the

petition in abeyance pending exhaustion of additional grounds identified in said motion. The Court

granted Petitioner’s motion on November 16, 2004, and issued a stay of the proceedings. Thereafter,

Petitioner filed monthly status reports advising the Court of his progress through the state courts. On

November 7, 2006, Petitioner filed a status report advising the Court that he had exhausted his

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claims in state court. 

Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides, in relevant part:

Amendments. A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter 

of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the 

pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action 

has not been placed upon the trial calendar, the party may so amend it at any 

time within 20 days after it is served. Otherwise a party may amend the 

party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse 

party; and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. 

Petitioner has shown good cause to amend his petition to include the newly exhausted claims

he identified in his motion of August 9, 2004. Pursuant to this Court’s order of November 16, 2004, 

Petitioner is GRANTED thirty (30) days to file an amended petition. Petitioner is advised that failure

to comply will result in this Court vacating the stay nunc pro tunc to the date of this order. Kelly v.

Small, 315 F.3d 1063, 1071 (9 Cir.2003). th

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 21, 2006 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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