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Parties Involved:
Roberto Santiago Ramirez
Petitioner
Spearman
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERTO SANTIAGO RAMIREZ,

Petitioner,

v.

SPEARMAN, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 14-CV-2110-VC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Doc. no. 5

Roberto Santiago Ramirez, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California Training Facility

in Soledad, has filed a pro se habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging the 

execution of his sentence as a violation of the Eighth Amendment's prohibition against cruel and 

unusual punishment. Ramirez has paid the $5.00 filing fee. Therefore, his motion for leave to 

proceed in forma pauperis is denied as moot.

Good cause appearing, the Court hereby issues the following orders:

1. 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 also shall serve a copy of this Order on Ramirez at his current 

address. 

2. No later than sixty days from the date of this Order, Respondent shall file with this 

Court and serve upon Ramirez 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 all portions of the state record that have been transcribed 

previously and are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the petition. If Ramirez 

wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall do so by filing a Traverse with the Court and serving it 

on Respondent within thirty days of his receipt of the Answer. If he does not do so, the petition 

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will be deemed submitted and ready for decision on the date the Traverse is due.

3. No later than sixty days from the date of this Order, Respondent may file with this

Court and serve upon Ramirez 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, Ramirez shall file with the Court and serve on Respondent an 

opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion within thirty days of receipt of the 

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

days of receipt of an opposition.

4. It is Ramirez’ responsibility to prosecute this case. He must keep the Court 

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the Clerk headed “Notice of 

Change of Address,” and must comply with the Court's orders in a timely fashion. He also must 

serve on Respondent’s counsel all communications with the Court by mailing a true copy of the 

document to Respondent’s counsel. 

5. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable extensions will be granted. 

Any motion for an extension of time must be filed no later than ten days prior to the deadline 

sought to be extended.

6. The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is denied as moot.

7. This Order terminates docket number 5.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 15, 2014

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VINCE CHHABRIA

United States District Judge

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