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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARVIN PROFITT,

Petitioner,

v.

LAKE COUNTY PROBATION 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Respondent.

Case No. 17-cv-07136-JD 

ORDER FOR RESPONDENT TO 

FILE AN ANSWER

Marvin Profitt, a former prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Court granted respondent’s motion to dismiss in part and found 

that two of the three claims in the petition were unexhausted. Petitioner was provided the option 

to either file a motion to stay to exhaust the two claims or file an amended petition striking the two 

claims and proceeding with the one exhausted claim. Petitioner has filed an amended petition 

containing only the exhausted claim that counsel was ineffective for making certain statements 

during closing arguments.

For the forgoing reasons:

1. The unexhausted claims are DISMISSED from the petition.

2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on petitioner, within fifty-six (56) 

days of the issuance of this order, an answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. 

Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on petitioner a copy of all portions of the state 

trial record that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the 

issues presented by the petition. 

If petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a traverse with the 

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Court and serving it on respondent within twenty-eight (28) days of his receipt of the answer.

3. Petitioner is reminded that all communications with the Court must be served on 

respondent by mailing a true copy of the document to respondent’s counsel. Petitioner must keep 

the Court informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely 

fashion. Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant 

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). See Martinez v. Johnson, 104 F.3d 769, 772 (5th Cir. 

1997) (Rule 41(b) applicable in habeas cases).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 30, 2019

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARVIN PROFITT,

Plaintiff,

v.

LAKE COUNTY PROBATION 

DEPARTMENT, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 17-cv-07136-JD 

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 30, 2019, 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.

Marvin Profitt

4678 Inyo Way

Kelseyville, CA 95451 

Dated: May 30, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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