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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 

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11 HENRY IV AN COGSWELL, 

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Case No.: 18cv0299-LAB (MDD) 

SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF 

SUCCESSIVE PETITION 

PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(b )(3)(A) GATEKEEPER 

PROVISION 

17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding prose, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Habeas 

18 Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) Petitioner challenges his 2006 

19 conviction for multiple sex crimes against an adult victim in San Diego County Superior 

20 Court Case No. SCN201693. (Id. at 1-2.) He claims false evidence was presented at his 

21 trial to show he was the father of the victim's child, and that his trial counsel rendered 

22 ineffective assistance in failing to request a paternity test. (Id. at 6-8.) 

23 PETITION BARRED BY GATEKEEPER PROVISION 

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

25 has submitted to this Court challenging his 2006 conviction in San Diego County Superior 

26 Court Case No. SCN201693. On July 11, 2011, Petitioner filed in this Court a Petition for 

27 a Writ of Habeas Corpus in which he challenged that same conviction. (See Pet. filed 

28 7/11/11 [ECF No. 1] in So.Dist.Ca. Civil Case No. 1 lcv1559-MMA (WVG).) On May 

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1 21, 2014, this Court denied the petition on the merits. (See Order filed 5/11/14 [ECF No. 

2 66] in So.Dist.Ca. Civil Case No. l lcvl559-MMA (WVG).) The Court granted a 

3 certificate of appealability on several issues (id.), and on April 15, 2006, the Ninth Circuit 

4 Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of the petition. (See ECF No. 73 in So.Dist.Ca. Civil 

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

7 federal habeas petition. Unless a petitioner shows he or she has obtained an order from the 

8 appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider a successive petition, 

9 the petition may not be filed in the district court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Here, in 

10 the section of the form petition where Petitioner is asked whether the Ninth Circuit Court 

11 of Appeals has granted him leave to file a successive petition, he states: "NI A." (ECF No. 

12 1 at 5.) Petitioner must first obtain permission from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 

13 before this Court can consider his Petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) ("Before a 

14 second or successive application permitted by this section is filed in the district court, the 

15 applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the district 

16 court to consider the petition.") 

17 CONCLUSION AND ORDER 

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

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

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

21 filing a petition in this court if he obtains the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit Court 

22 of Appeals. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail Petitioner a blank Application for 

23 Leave to File a Second or Successive Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 or§ 2255 together 

24 with a copy of this Order. 

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Hon. Larry Alan Bums 

United States District Judge 

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