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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARQUICE D. WALLACE,

Petitioner,

v.

NEIL McDOWELL, Warden, et al.,

Respondents.

Case No.: 18cv2863 CAB (AGS)

SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF 

SUCCESSIVE PETITION 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 

2244(b)(3)(A) GATEKEEPER 

PROVISION 

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a Petition for Writ of 

Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with a request to proceed in forma 

pauperis. 

PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION

The instant Petition is not the first Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Petitioner 

has submitted to this Court challenging his August 8, 1998 conviction in San Diego 

Superior Court case No. SCD 136732. On May 7, 2003, Petitioner filed in this Court a 

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in case No. 03cv0926 JM (JFS). In that petition, 

Petitioner challenged his conviction in San Diego Superior Court case No. SCD 136732 

as well. On September 14, 2004, this Court denied the petition on the merits. (See Order 

filed September 14, 2004 in case No. 03cv0926 JM (JFS) [Doc. No. 20].) Petitioner 

appealed that determination. On December 13, 2002, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 

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denied a certificate of appealability. (See Order in Wallace v. Carey, No. 05-55176 (9th 

Cir. Apr. 18, 2005).) 

Petitioner is now seeking to challenge the same conviction he challenged in his 

prior federal habeas petition. Unless a petitioner shows he or she has obtained an Order 

from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider a 

successive petition, the petition may not be filed in the district court. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 2244(b)(3)(A). Here, there is no indication the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has 

granted Petitioner leave to file a successive petition.

CONCLUSION

Because there is no indication Petitioner has obtained permission from the Ninth 

Circuit Court of Appeals to file a successive petition, this Court cannot consider his 

Petition. Accordingly, the Court DISMISSES this action without prejudice to Petitioner 

filing a petition in this court if he obtains the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit 

Court of Appeals. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail Petitioner a blank Application 

for Leave to File a Second or Success Petition Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 OR § 2255

together with a copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 27, 2018

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