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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD RAMIREZ, No. CIV S-06-2167-LKK-CMK-P

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER

ROSEANNE CAMPBELL, et al.,

Respondents.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, brings this petition for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the court is petitioner’s amended

petition for a writ of habeas corpus (Doc. 2), filed on November 22, 2006. 

Rule 2(c) of the Federal Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires that every

habeas corpus petition must: (1) specify all the grounds for relief; (2) state the facts supporting

each ground for relief; (3) state the relief requested; (4) be printed, typewritten, or legibly

handwritten; and (5) be signed under penalty of perjury. In the instant case, petitioner’s original

petition failed to meet one or more of these requirements. Specifically, petitioner failed to set

forth any grounds for relief, those portions of the original petition being left blank. In addition,

the petition was not signed. Based on pages inserted among the pages of the form § 2254

petition provided by the court (which appear to be portions of briefs filed in the state courts),

petitioner raises the following four claims:

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1. The terms in counts 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 17, and 21 should have

been stayed, pursuant to [California Penal Code] section 654;

2. The admission of evidence of petitioner’s prior domestic violence

pursuant to [California] Evidence Code section 1109 violated his federal

constitutional rights to due process and equal protection, requiring

reversal; petitioner’s objection under [California] Evidence Code section

352 was sufficient to preserve the objection on appeal.

3. The prosecutor committed prejudicial misconduct; and

4. There was insufficient evidence to sustain petitioner’s conviction of

kidnaping in counts 9 and 22.

The portions of the form petition provided by the court asking petitioner to state each ground for

relief are again blank. As with the original petition, the amended petition is also not signed. 

Petitioner will be provided an opportunity to file an amended petition which

satisfies Rule 2(c). Petitioner is warned that failure to comply with this order may result in the

dismissal of this action. See Local Rule 11-110.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s amended petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed with

leave to amend; 

2. Petitioner shall file an amended petition on the form employed by this

court, and which satisfies the requirements of Rule 2(c) of the Federal Rules Governing Section

2254 Cases, within 30 days of the date of this order; and 

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form

habeas corpus application.

DATED: December 6, 2006.

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CRAIG M. KELLISON

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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