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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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CLERK US DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTFliCT OF CALIFORNIA 

BY DEPUTY 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

10 RONDEL DELBERT GARDNER, CASE NO. 15cv2743-WQH-DHB 

11 Petitioner, ORDER 

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J. SOTO, Warden 

13 Defendant. 

14 HAYES, Judge: 

15 The matter before the Court is Petitioner's letter requesting a status update. 

16 (ECF No. 12). 

17 BACKGROUND 

18 On November 16, 2015, Petitioner filed for Writ of Habeas Corpus in the Central 

19 District of California. (ECF No. 1). On November 16,2015, Petitioner filed Leave to 

20 Proceed In Forma Pauperis. (ECFNo. 7). On December 7, 2015, Judge Valerie Baker 

21 Fairbank transferred Petitioner's Writ of Habeas Corpus from the Central District of 

22 California to this Court in the Southern District of California. (ECF No.4). This Court 

23 accepted the case and assigned it case number 15cv2 743. 

24 On December 10, 2015, this Court issued an order denying Petitioner's Motion 

25 to Proceed In Forma Pauperis (ECF No.7) for failing to provide the Court with 

26 sufficient information to determine Petitioner's financial status. (ECF No.8). This 

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A request to proceed in forma pauperis made by a state prisoner must 

include a certificate from the warden or other appropriate officer showing 

the amount of money or securities Petitioner has on account in the 

institution. Rule 3(a)(2), 28 U.S.c. foil. § 2254; Local Rule 3.2. 

Petitioner has failed to provide the Court with the required Prison 

Certificate. 

Because this Court cannot proceed until Petitioner has either paid the 

$5.00 filing fee or qualified to proceed in forma pauperis, the Court 

DISMISSES the case without prejudice. See Rule 3(a), 28 U.S.C. foil. § 

2254. If Petitioner wishes to proceed with this case, he must submit, no 

later than February 8. 2016, a copy of this Order with the $5.00 fee or 

with adequate proof of his inability to pay the fee. 

Id. at 1-2. This Court also dismissed Petitioner's Complaint without prejudice because 

Petitioner had failed to allege exhaustion of state judicial remedies in his Complaint. 

This Court stated, 

[H]abeas petitioners who wish to challenge either their state court 

conviction or the length of their confinement in state prison, must first 

exhaust state judicial remedies. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b), (c); Granberry v. 

Greer, 481 U.S. 129, 133-34 (1987). To exhaust state judicial remedies, 

a California stat.e prisoner must present the California Supreme Court with 

a fair opportunity to rule on the merits of every issue raised in his or her 

federal habeas petition. 28 U.S.c. § 2254(b), (c); Granberry, 481 U.S. at 

133-34. Moreover, to properly exhaust state court remedies a petitioner 

must allege, in state court, how one or more of his or her federal rights 

have been violated .... 

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To have this case reopened, Petitioner must, no later than February 8. 

2016, pay the $5.00 filing fee or submit adequate proof of his inability to 

pay the fee, and file a First Amended Petition that cures the pleading 

deficiencies set forth above. The Clerk of Court shall send Petitioner a 

blank Southern District of California First Amended Petition form and a 

blank Southern District of California Motion to Proceed In Forma 

Pauperis form along with this Order. 

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27 On March 1, 2016, Petitioner sent a motion to this Court requesting legal 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner's Request for legal assistance 

and change of venue (ECF No. 10) is denied at this stage in the 

proceedings. Petitioner's action was dismissed without prejudice because 

Petitioner failed to satisfy the filing fee requirement and failed to allege 

exhaustion of state judicial remedies. To have this case reopened, 

Petitioner must, no later than May 16.2016, pay the $5.00 filing fee or 

submit adequate proof of his inability to pay the fee, and file a First 

Amended Petition that cures the pleading deficiencies set forth above. 

(ECF No. 11 at 3). 

On July 1, 2016, Petitioner sent a letter to this Court requesting a status update. 

(ECF No. 12). In this letter Petitioner stated that he had not received any updates from 

the Court since the case was transferred to the Southern District of California. 

Petitioner inquires whether he "should submit another habeas corpus" petition. 

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, to have the case reopened, Petitioner must, no 

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inability to pay the fee by filing the In Forma Pauperis form, and file a First Amended 

Petition that cures the pleading deficiencies set forth in the Court's December 10,2015 

Order (ECF No.8). 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall send Petitioner a 

blank Southern District of California First Amended Petition form and a blank 

Southern District of California Motion to Proceed In Forma Pauperis form along with 

this Order, the Order from December 10,2015 (ECF No.8), and the Order from March 

17,2016 (ECF No. 11). 

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United States District Judge 

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