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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 

11 ENVER KARAFILI, Case No. 15cv2817 BEN (MDD) 

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Plaintiff, 

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RON DAVIS, Warden, 

Defendant. 

SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF 

SUCCESSIVE PETITION 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(b)(3)(A) GATEKEEPER 

PROVISION 

Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

20 § 2254, along a request to proceed informa pauperis. The Court does not rule on 

21 Petitioner's request to proceed informa pauperis because this case is summarily 

22 dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) as indicated below. 

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PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION 

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

25 has submitted to this Court challenging his March 1,2000 conviction in San Diego 

26 County Superior Court case number SCD147665. On July 26, 2007, Petitioner filed in 

27 this Court a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus in Case No. 07cv1372. In that petition, 

28 Petitioner challenged his March 1,2000 conviction in San Diego Superior Court case 

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1 number SCD147665 as well. See Karafili v. Tilton, No. 07cv1372 (S.D. Cal. filed July 

2 26,2007) (ECF No.1 at 1-2). On February 4, 2009, this Court dismissed the petition 

3 because it had been filed after the expiration of the one-year statute of limitations. See id. 

4 (ECF No. 20, Order Dismissing Petition). Petitioner appealed that determination. On 

5 September 7, 2011, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this Court's decision. 

6 Karafili v. Tilton, No. 09-55388 (9th Cir. Sept. 7,2011). 

7 Petitioner is now seeking to challenge the sentence imposed as a result the 

8 conviction he challenged in his prior federal habeas petition. Unless a petitioner shows 

9 he or she has obtained an Order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the 

10 district court to consider a successive petition, the petition may not be filed in the district 

11 court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); see also Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 153 

12 (2007) (a petition is successive where it challenges "the same custody imposed by the 

13 same judgment of a state court" as a prior petition). A successive application is 

14 permissible "only if it rests on a new rule of constitutional law, facts that were previously 

15 unavailable, or facts that would be sufficient to show constitutional error in the 

16 petitioner's conviction." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b )(2). "Even if a petitioner can demonstrate 

17 that he qualifies for one of these exceptions, he must seek authorization from the court of 

18 appeals before filing his new petition with the district court." Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 

19 886,888 (9th Cir.2008). Here, there is no indication the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 

20 has granted Petitioner leave to file a successive petition. 

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

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

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

25 may file a petition in this court only ifhe obtains the necessary order from the Ninth 

26 Circuit Court of Appeals. For Petitioner's convenience, the Clerk of Court shall attach a 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Jdze- ,~ DATED: -JIifltlBry 30, 20y. 

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