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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT A. GIBBS,

Petitioner,

v.

SHASTA COUNTY,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-1869 JAM KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a county inmate proceeding without counsel, has filed a petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges proceedings in the Shasta County 

Superior Court, Case No. 15F5736, as they relate to charges against him for making criminal 

threats in violation of California Penal Code § 422. (See ECF No. 1 at 2-3.)

Court records reflect that petitioner is presently challenging the same proceedings in an earlier 

filed action, which remains pending. See Gibbs v. Attorney General of California, Case No. 2:16-cv1629 JAM DB P. It is well established that if a new petition is filed when a previous habeas petition 

is still pending before the district court without a decision having been rendered, then the new petition 

should be construed as a motion to amend the pending petition. Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 888 

(9th Cir. 2008). Accordingly, the petition filed in the instant action, ECF No. 1, should be construed 

as a motion to amend the initial petition, and should be filed as such in Gibbs v. Attorney General of 

California, Case No. 2:16-cv-1629 JAM DB P. See Woods, 525 F.3d at 888.

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In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The August 8, 2016 habeas petition filed in the instant action (ECF No. 1) is construed as a 

motion to amend petitioner’s first-filed habeas petition in Gibbs v. Attorney General of California, 

Case No. 2:16-cv-1629 JAM DB P. 

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to file the habeas petition in this action (ECF No. 1) as a 

motion to amend in Gibbs v. Attorney General of California, Case No. 2:16-cv-1629 JAM DB P, and

to terminate this action and all outstanding motions.

Dated: October 13, 2016

/gibb1869.woods.mta

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