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Parties Involved:
Randy Grounds
Respondent
Rodrigo Vasquez Hernandez
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

RODRIGO VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

RANDY GROUNDS,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-03279-TEH 

ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS 

PETITION WITHOUT PREJUDICE

Petitioner Rodrigo Vasquez Hernandez acknowledges that this is a successive 

petition for writ of habeas corpus. He further acknowledges that, in violation of 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(b)(3)(A), he filed this petition without first requesting authorization from the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petitioner has now requested 

authorization from the Ninth Circuit, which has yet to rule on his request, and he asks this 

Court to defer ruling until after the Ninth Circuit has reached its decision. 

However, when a petitioner “neither sought nor received authorization from the 

Court of Appeals before filing his . . . ‘second or successive’ petition challenging his 

custody, . . . the District Court [is] without jurisdiction to entertain it.” Burton v. Stewart,

549 U.S. 147, 157 (2007) (emphasis added). Accordingly, this petition is DISMISSED 

without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction. Petitioner may re-file his petition if he 

subsequently receives authorization from the Ninth Circuit to do so.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 09/24/15 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge

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