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Parties Involved:
Donald W. Dacus
Petitioner
People of the State of California
Respondent

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Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD W. DACUS,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-00974-JST 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, an inmate at California Medical Facility, filed this pro se action seeking a writ 

of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

In the amended petition (ECF No. 6), Petitioner alleged the following grounds for federal 

habeas relief: (1) his continued incarceration violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States 

Constitution because he has been incarcerated for twenty-nine years which is beyond the matrix of 

terms in effect at the time that he was sentenced; (2) Petitioner did not receive the benefit of his 

plea agreement because, despite his minimum eligible parole date (“MEPD”) having passed 

thirteen years ago and having paid the restitution fine, he remains incarcerated; and (3) Petitioner 

qualifies for re-sentencing because he is a youth offender. ECF No. 6 at 5. On September 23, 

2019, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the 

United States District Courts, the Court reviewed the amended petition and dismissed all three 

claims for failure to state a claim for federal habeas relief, but granted petitioner leave to amend 

Claim No. 2 to address the identified deficiency. See ECF No. 12. Petitioner was instructed that 

if he wished to file a second amended petition, he must do so by November 14, 2019. ECF No. 

13. Petitioner was informed that the failure to file the second amended petition by the deadline 

would result in the amended petition being dismissed, without further notice to petitioner, for 

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failure to state any claim for federal habeas relief. ECF No. 12. The deadline has passed, and 

petitioner has not filed a second amended petition or otherwise communicated with the Court. 

Accordingly, the amended petition is DISMISSED for failure to state any claim for federal habeas 

relief. 

Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires a district court to rule on 

whether a petitioner is entitled to a certificate of appealability in the same order in which the 

petition is decided. Petitioner has failed to make a substantial showing that a reasonable jurist 

would find this court’s denial of his claims debatable or wrong. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 

473, 484 (2000). Consequently, no certificate of appealability is warranted in this case.

The Clerk shall enter judgment in favor of respondent and against petitioner, and close this 

case. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 20, 2019

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JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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