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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

KEVIN A. JOHNSON, Civil No. 08-0956 WQH (WMc)

Petitioner,

SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF

SUCCESSIVE PETITION PURSUANT

TO 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A)

GATEKEEPER PROVISION

vs.

DEBRA DEXTER, Warden,

Respondents.

Petitioner, Kevin A. Johnson, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a Petition for

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

pauperis. The Court does not rule on Petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis because

this case is summarily dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) as indicated below. 

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 May 9, 1990 conviction in San Diego Superior Court

case No. CR105960. On August 19, 2005, Petitioner filed in this Court a Petition for Writ of

Habeas Corpus in case No. 05cv1655 LAB (POR). In that petition, Petitioner challenged his

conviction in San Diego Superior Court case No. CR105960 as well. On July 6, 2006, this Court

dismissed the petition as untimely. (See Order filed July 6, 2006 in case No. 05cv1655 LAB

(POR) [Doc. No. 20].) Petitioner filed a notice of appeal on July 20, 2006, and this Court denied

Petitioner a Certificate of Appealability (“COA”) on August 14, 2006. (See Doc. Nos. 22-24.)

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 Petitioner also filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the

same conviction in case no. 97cv0017 K (LSP). That case was dismissed because Petitioner had failed to exhaust

his state court remedies, which is not a basis for finding a subsequently filed petition successive under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2244(b)(3)(A). See In re Turner, 101 F.3d 1323, 1323 (9th Cir.1997).

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Petitioner filed a request for a COA in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which that Court

denied on June 11, 2007. (See Doc. No. 27.)1

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

federal habeas petition. A dismissal for failure to comply with one-year statute of limitations,

however, renders subsequent petitions challenging the same conviction or sentence “second or

successive” under 2244(b). See Murray v. Greiner, 394 F.3d 78 (2d Cir. 2005). 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 SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE PETITION or

MOTION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 4, 2008

WILLIAM Q. HAYES

United States District Judge

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