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Nature of Suit Code: 540
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Mandamus and Other
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

San Francisco Division

LANCE S. WILLIAMS, II, 

Petitioner,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-02296-LB 

ORDER FOR AMENDMENT TO 

PETITION

[Re: ECF No. 1 ]

The petitioner, currently incarcerated at the U.S. Penitentiary in Victorville, California,

commenced this action by filing a document entitled “§ 1651 Motion, All Writs Act, for Padilla,, 

Cooper, Frye, and Johnson.” (ECF No. 1.)1 He has consented to proceed before a magistrate 

judge. (ECF No. 5.) It appears that the petitioner wants to challenge his conviction or sentence, but 

he has not provided any details about that conviction or sentence. The absence of information 

about the conviction and sentence prevents the court from analyzing the petition. Accordingly, no 

later than June 3, 2016, the petitioner must file an amendment to his § 1651 petition in which he

states: (1) the case number for his criminal case, (2) the United States District Court in which that 

case was prosecuted, (3) the crimes of which he was convicted, and (4) the date on which he was 

 

1 Citations are to the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pin cites are to the ECF-generated page 

numbers at the tops of the documents.

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sentenced. Failure to file the amendment by the deadline may result in the dismissal of this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 11, 2016

______________________________________

LAUREL BEELER

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

,

Defendant.

Case No. 3:16-cv-02296-LB 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 11, 2016, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Lance S. Williams ID: 14221-111

United States Penitentiary

PO Box 3900

Adelanto, CA 92301 

Dated: May 11, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable LAUREL BEELER

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