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Parties Involved:
Jeremy Coleman
Petitioner
Malfi
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEREMY COLEMAN, 

Petitioner,

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WARDEN MALFI, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 06-2807 JSW (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

(Docket No. 2)

INTRODUCTION

Petitioner, a prisoner of the State of California, currently incarcerated at the Sierra

Conservation Center in Jamestown, California, has filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutional validity of his state conviction. 

Petitioner has also filed a motion to proceed in forma pauperis, which is now GRANTED 

(docket no. 2). This order directs Respondent to show cause why the amended petition

should not be granted.

BACKGROUND

According to the petition, Petitioner was convicted after a jury trial of with robbery

with personal use of a gun and unlawful exhibition of a firearm in Contra Costa County

Superior Court and sentenced to a term of twelve years in state prison on March 22, 2002. 

Petitioner appealed his conviction to the California Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court

of California denied Petitioner’s petition for review. Petitioner has also filed for postconviction relief in the state courts. The instant federal habeas petition was filed on April

24, 2006. 

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DISCUSSION

I Standard of Review

This court may entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person

in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in

custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254(a). 

It shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause

why the writ should not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant

or person detained is not entitled thereto.” Id. § 2243. 

II Legal Claims

The petition raises the following ground for relief: Petitioner suffered ineffective

assistance of trial counsel; and the identification of Petitioner was unduly suggestive. 

Liberally construed, it does not appear from the face of the petition that Petitioner is not

entitled to relief. Accordingly, Respondent is ordered to respond to the petition as set forth

below.

CONCLUSION 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown,

1. The Clerk shall serve by certified mail a copy of this order and the petition, and

all attachments thereto, on Respondent and Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General of

the State of California. The Clerk also shall serve a copy of this order on Petitioner. 

2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on 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 granted. Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a copy of all

portions of the state trial record 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

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

3. 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 within thirty (30)

days of receipt of the motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on

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

4. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep 

the Court informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper captioned “Notice

of Change of Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion. 

Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b)

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 10, 2006 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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