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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

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FAILAUTUSI MOEVAO,

Petitioner,

 v.

BEN CURRY,

Acting Warden,

Respondent. ____________________________

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No. C 05-2125 CW (PR)

ORDER (1) REOPENING CASE;

(2) LIFTING STAY; AND

(3) ISSUING SECOND ORDER TO

SHOW CAUSE

This is a habeas case filed pro se by a state prisoner. In

Petitioner's original petition, he raised only the claims which he

exhausted on direct appeal and sought a stay of the petition

pursuant to Pace v. DiGuglielmo, 125 S. Ct. 1807, 1813-14 (2005),

under which a prisoner may file a protective petition in federal

court and ask the court to stay federal habeas proceedings until

all state remedies are exhausted. 

On December 1, 2005, the Court granted his request, stayed

the case, and administratively closed it. 

Petitioner has informed the Court that he has completed

exhaustion by filing an amended petition with his newly-exhausted

claims. The petition is an amendment as of right. Accordingly,

his implied motion to lift the stay and reopen the case is

GRANTED.

It does not appear from the face of the amended petition that

it is without merit. Good cause appearing, the Court hereby

issues the following orders:

1. Petitioner's implied motion to lift the stay and reopen

the case is GRANTED. The Clerk of the Court shall reopen this

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case and lift the stay entered on December 1, 2005. 

2. The Clerk shall mark the amended petition as filed on

August 8, 2006, the date it was received. 

3. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order

and the amended petition and all attachments thereto upon

Respondent and Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General of the

State of California. The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this

Order on Petitioner at his current address. 

4. Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon

Petitioner, within sixty (60) 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 issued. Respondent shall file with the

Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant state records that

have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a

determination of the issues presented by the petition. 

5. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall

do so by filing a Traverse with the Court and serving it on

Respondent within thirty (30) days of his receipt of the Answer. 

Should Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed

submitted and ready for decision thirty (30) days after the date

Petitioner is served with Respondent's Answer. 

6. Respondent may file a motion to dismiss on procedural

grounds in lieu of an Answer, as set forth in the Advisory

Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254

Cases. If Respondent files such a motion, Petitioner shall file

with the Court and serve on Respondent an opposition or statement

of non-opposition to the motion within thirty (30) days of receipt

of the motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve

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on Petitioner a reply within fifteen (15) days of receipt of any

opposition.

7. It is Petitioner's responsibility to prosecute this

case. Petitioner must keep the Court and Respondent informed of

any change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a

timely fashion. Petitioner must also serve on Respondent's

counsel all communications with the Court by mailing a true copy

of the document to Respondent's counsel. 

8. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable

extensions will be granted. Any motion for an extension of time

must be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the deadline

sought to be extended.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/19/07 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MOEVAO,

Plaintiff,

 v.

CURRY, et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-02125 CW 

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 December 19, 2007, 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.

Failautusi Moevao T-08134

Correctional Training Facility

RA-235

P.O. Box 705

Soledad, CA 93960

Attorney General

State of California

455 Golden Gate Avenue, Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

Ben Curry, Warden (A)

Correctional Training Facility

Highway 101 North *

P.O. Box 686

Soledad, CA 93960-0686

Dated: December 19, 2007

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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