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Parties Involved:
George Jaime
Respondent
Devin Lee James Schmidt
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEVIN LEE JAMES SCHMIDT,

Petitioner,

v.

GEORGE JAIME, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 18-cv-06495-YGR (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. He has paid the full filing fee. 

It does not appear from the face of the petition that it is without merit. Good cause 

appearing, the Court hereby issues the following orders:

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

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. 

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 sixty (60) days of his receipt of the Answer. Should 

Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed submitted and ready for decision sixty (60) 

days after the date Petitioner is served with Respondent’s Answer. 

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Respondent may file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner, within sixty (60) days of 

the issuance of this Order, 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 sixty (60) days of receipt of the 

motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner a reply within fourteen 

(14) days of receipt of any opposition.

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. Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 3-11 a party proceeding pro se whose

address changes while an action is pending must promptly file a notice of change of address 

specifying the new address. See L.R. 3-11(a). The Court may dismiss a pro se action without 

prejudice when: (1) mail directed to the pro se party by the Court has been returned to the Court as 

not deliverable, and (2) the Court fails to receive within sixty days of this return a written 

communication from the pro se party indicating a current address. See L.R. 3-11(b); see also 

Martinez v. Johnson, 104 F.3d 769, 772 (5th Cir. 1997) (Rule 41(b) applicable in habeas cases). 

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. 

Upon a showing of good cause, requests for a reasonable extension of time will be granted 

provided they are filed on or before the deadline they seek to extend. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: ______________________________________

YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Court Judge

December 5, 2018

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