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Parties Involved:
Kevin Briggs
Petitioner
The State of California
Respondent

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN BRIGGS,

Plaintiff,

v.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-05809-EMC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Docket No. 8

Kevin Briggs, formerly an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, filed 

this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In his petition, 

Mr. Briggs alleged that he was convicted in Santa Clara County Superior Court of making a 

criminal threat, see Cal. Penal Code § 422, and was sentenced in September 2013 to four years in 

prison. Mr. Briggs further alleged that he unsuccessfully appealed his conviction and filed 

unsuccessful state habeas petitions before filing this action.

The Court reviewed Mr. Briggs’ petition and dismissed it with leave to amend. Docket 

No. 13. The order of dismissal with leave to amend explained that Claim 10 appeared to be 

cognizable, several other claims were barred, and a few claims were defective but might be cured 

by amendment. Id.1 The Court granted leave to amend, and required that an amended petition be 

filed no later than May 27, 2016. Id. at 6. The Court cautioned that failure to file an amended 

petition would result in the dismissal of all claims other than Claim 10. At Mr. Briggs’ request, 

the deadline for the amended petition was extended to August 19, 2016. Docket No. 15. Mr. 

Briggs never filed an amended petition, and the deadline by which to do so has long passed. 

 

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In Claim 10, Mr. Briggs alleged that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated by a breach of 

the plea agreement when the prosecutor mistakenly recommended a sentence at the top of the 

guidelines range instead of recommending a sentence at the low end of the guidelines. See Docket 

No. 8 at 14.

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United States District Court

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Accordingly, the action will proceed with consideration of Claim 10, which is the only claim the 

Court ever found to be cognizable.

For the foregoing reasons,

1. Claim 10 of the petition warrants a response. All other claims are dismissed. 

2. The Clerk shall serve by mail a copy of this order, 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. 

3. Respondent must file and serve upon Petitioner, on or before December 2, 2016, 

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 must file with the 

answer a copy of all portions of the court proceedings that have been previously transcribed and 

that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition. 

4. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he must do so by filing a traverse 

with the Court and serving it on Respondent on or before December 30, 2016. 

5. Petitioner is responsible for prosecuting this case. Petitioner must promptly keep 

the Court informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely 

fashion.

6. Petitioner is cautioned that he must include the case name and case number for this 

case on the first page of any document he submits to the Court for consideration in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 23, 2016

______________________________________

EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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