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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 Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANDRE SMITH, T16447, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

RICK HILL, Warden, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 20-cv-03235-CRB (PR) 

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR 

A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AS 

SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE 

(ECF Nos. 2 & 3) 

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Folsom State Prison, has filed a second 

or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a judgment 

of conviction and sentence from Alameda County Superior Court. His first petition was denied as 

untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) on July 30, 2013. See Smith v. Lewis, No. 12-cv-04011-CRB 

(PR) (N.D. Cal. July 30, 2013) (order granting motion to dismiss). 

A second or successive petition may not be filed in this court unless petitioner first obtains 

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this court to 

consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); see also McNabb v. Yates, 576 F.3d 1028, 

1029 (9th Cir. 2009) (§ 2244(b) applies when prior petition was dismissed as untimely). Petitioner 

has not obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. The instant petition accordingly is 

DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if petitioner obtains the necessary order. 

But based solely on petitioner’s affidavit of poverty, his application to proceed in forma 

pauperis (ECF No. 2) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915 is GRANTED. 

The clerk shall close the file and terminate all pending motions (see ECF No. 3) as moot. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 14, 2020 

______________________________________ 

CHARLES R. BREYER 

United States District Judge 

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