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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Eltorna Gant, Sr., 

Petitioner, 

vs.

State of Arizona, et al.,

Respondents. 

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No. CV 10-454-PHX-MHM (LOA)

ORDER

On March 1, 2010, Petitioner Eltorna Gant, Sr., who is confined in the Arizona State

Prison Complex-Tucson in Tucson, Arizona, paid the filing fee and filed a pro se Petition for

Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, an Application for Appointment of

Counsel, and an Affidavit. 

In a March 23, 2010 Order, the Court dismissed the § 2254 Petition because Petitioner

had failed to name a proper respondent and denied without prejudice the Application for

Appointment of Counsel. The Court gave Petitioner 30 days to file an amended petition that

cured the jurisdictional defect identified in the Order.

On March 25, 2010, Petitioner, through attorney Thomas Jacobs, filed a new habeas

action, Gant v. Ryan, CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA). In an April 7, 2010 Order in that case,

the Court ordered the Respondents in that case to file an answer to the § 2254 petition in CV

10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA).

On April 23, 2010, Petitioner filed a pro se Amended § 2254 Petition (Doc. #8) in this

case. Because the Amended § 2254 Petition challenges the same convictions and sentences

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that are at issue in CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA), the Court will dismiss the Amended

§ 2254 Petition as duplicative of CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA). If Petitioner has raised

issues in his Amended § 2254 Petition that his attorney in CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA)

has not presented to the Court, Petitioner should contact his attorney and discuss whether his

attorney should file an amended petition in CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA) that raises those

issues. The Court will direct the Clerk of Court to send a courtesy copy of this Order to the

attorneys or record in CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA).

IT IS ORDERED:

(1) Petitioner’s Amended Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (Doc. #8) is

dismissed as duplicative of Gant v. Ryan, CV 10-676-PHX-MHM (LOA).

(2) The Clerk of Court must send a courtesy copy of this Order, by electronic mail

and regular mail, to:

Thomas Frank Jacobs

Law Offices of Thomas Jacobs

271 N Stone Ave

Tucson, AZ 85701

Thomas.F.Jacobs@azbar.org

and 

William Scott Simon

Office of the Attorney General

Criminal Appeals

1275 W Washington St

Phoenix, AZ 85007

william.simon@azag.gov

DATED this 3rd day of May, 2010.

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