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Parties Involved:
Ruchell Cinque Magee
Petitioner
J. Soto
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RUCHELL CINQUE MAGEE,

Petitioner, 

v. 

J. SOTO, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 15-cv-5234-TEH 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

Ruchell Cinque Magee, a prisoner at California State Prison 

- Lancaster and a frequent litigant in this Court, has filed a 

second or successive pro se Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus 

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He seeks to proceed in forma pauperis 

under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Docket No. 5. Petitioner has also filed 

a motion to disqualify the undersigned judge. Docket No. 2. 

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This instant petition challenges Petitioner’s 1975 

conviction and life sentence from the Santa Clara Superior Court. 

His first federal Petition challenging this conviction and 

sentence was denied on May 10, 1995. See Magee v. Marshall, No. 

C-93-3637 DLJ, Docket No. 42. Petitioner has since filed many 

federal habeas and civil rights actions attacking the same 

conviction. On August 19, 2011, this Court dismissed as 

successive his most recently filed habeas petition challenging 

this conviction. See Magee v. Smith, No. C-11-2810 TEH, Docket 

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No. 6. 

 A second or successive petition may not be filed in this 

Court unless Petitioner first obtains from the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this 

Court to consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(3)(A). 

Petitioner has not obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. 

Accordingly, this Petition is DISMISSED without prejudice to 

refiling if Petitioner obtains the requisite Order. 

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For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner’s petition for writ of 

habeas corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if 

Petitioner obtains the requisite Order from the Ninth Circuit. 

Petitioner’s motion to disqualify the undersigned is DENIED as 

frivolous and meritless.1 Docket No. 2. Petitioner’s motion to 

proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. Docket No. 5. Because 

reasonable jurists would not find the result here debatable, a 

certificate of appealability (“COA”) is DENIED. See Slack v. 

McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000) (standard for COA). The 

clerk is directed to terminate all pending motions as moot and 

close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: 12/08/2015 

________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

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1 A majority of Petitioner’s cases seek to disqualify the presiding 

judge. Petitioner recently filed a case and sought to disqualify 

all judge in the Central District of California. See Magee v. 

Soto, No. C-15-3289 TEH. 

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