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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

ALFRED J. ANDERSON,

Petitioner,

v.

SAN MATEO COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Respondent.

Case No.16-cv-02653-JD 

ORDER DISMISSING CASE

Alfred J. Anderson, a detainee, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petition was dismissed with leave to amend. The Court noted that 

challenges to the conditions of confinement had already been brought in a civil rights action, Case 

No. 15-cv-3737 JD. To the extent petitioner was challenging his underlying criminal prosecution 

he was ordered to demonstrate why the Court should interfere in light of Younger v. Harris, 401 

U.S. 37, 43-54 (1971) (Under principles of comity and federalism, a federal court should not 

interfere with ongoing state criminal proceedings by granting injunctive or declaratory relief 

absent extraordinary circumstances. ) Petitioner has not responded or otherwise communicated 

with the Court.

CONCLUSION

1. The petition is DISMISSED for failure to respond and for the reasons set forth in 

the prior order.

2. Because reasonable jurists would not find the result here debatable, a certificate of 

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appealability (“COA”) is DENIED. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000) 

(standard for COA). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 22, 2016

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

ALFRED J. ANDERSON,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAN MATEO COUNTY JAIL, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 16-cv-02653-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 November 22, 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.

Alfred J. Anderson

850 Bryant Street

Rm 442

San Francisco, CA 94103 

Dated: November 22, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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