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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

V. MATAELE, 

Plaintiff,

 vs.

JOHN DOVERY, Director, CDCR; and

M. C. KRAMER, Warden, 

Defendants. /

No. C 07-5135 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Plaintiff, a state prisoner, commenced this case by filing a document captioned

“Notice of Petitioner’s ex Parte Motion for Leave to File a Temporary Restraining Order ....” 

In it he contends that the court should bar his transfer to an out-of-state prison because he

has a habeas petition pending in this court which might be adversely affected if he were

moved beyond the jurisdiction of the court. He has now been transferred.

A search of this court’s docket reveals only two cases filed by plaintiff, a habeas

case, C 01-3975 PJH (PR), Mataele v. Finn, and this one. The habeas petition in Finn was

denied in an order entered on September 30, 2005, and judgment was entered that day. 

Petitioner appealed the decision and this court granted a certificate of appealability. The

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the judgment on December 12,

2006. A subsequent motion for rehearing and rehearing en banc was denied, and on

October 1, 2007, the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. The complaint in this

case was filed on October 5, 2007, and carries a certificate of mailing which says it was

mailed on September 4, 2007. It is thus possible that plaintiff’s petition for certiorari was

pending when the complaint was mailed, but whether it was or not, certiorari has now been

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denied. 

In short, the habeas case is no longer pending and plaintiff has exhausted all

possible appeals in that case. Because the habeas case is no longer pending, the relief for

which plaintiff asks cannot be granted. This case therefore is DISMISSED as moot The

clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 7, 2007. 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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