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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARYON TRACY NETTLES,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-0501 GEB GGH P

vs.

THOMAS CAREY, Warden, 

 ORDER

Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with an application for writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his 1998 conviction for

passing checks for which there were insufficient funds, pursuant to Cal. Penal Code § 476(a), to

which he was sentenced, evidently under the Three Strikes law, to a prison term of 26 years to

life. Petition, p. 1. 

Petitioner raises the following claims: 1) there is new evidence that his conviction

was based on false evidence; 2) false probation and prosecution reports were used; 3) he had

ineffective assistance of counsel.

Court records indicate that petitioner has filed a prior petition in this court

challenging his 1998 conviction. In Nettles v. Newland, et al.,, Case No. CIV S- 00-2750 GEB

GGH P, the petition was denied on March 31, 2003. “Before a second or successive application

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...is filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an

order authorizing the district court to consider the application.” 28 U.S.C. § 2244(3)(A). Under

Ninth Circuit Rule 22-3, “[i]f a second or successive petition or motion, or an application for

leave to file such an application or motion, is mistakenly submitted to the district court, the

district court shall refer it to the court of appeals.” 

The instant petition is a second or successive petition to CIV S-00-2750 GEB

GGH P because it also challenges the 1998 conviction and sentence. Before petitioner may

proceed with this action, he must obtain an order from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to

proceed with this action. Accordingly, the court will order this action transferred to the Ninth

Circuit.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to

transfer this action to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

DATED: 5/8/06

/s/ Gregory G. Hollows

 

GREGORY G. HOLLOWS

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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