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Parties Involved:
Jeffrey Beard
Respondent
Demetrois Terrell Dixson
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEMETROIS TERRELL DIXSON,

Petitioner,

v.

JEFFREY BEARD, Secretary, 

California Department of 

Corrections and Rehabilitation,

Respondent.

Case No. 14-cv-05069-CW 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner Demetrois Terrell Dixson, an inmate incarcerated 

at the Tallahatchie County Correctional Facility in Tutwiler, 

Mississippi, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state criminal 

conviction from the Alameda County Superior Court. He has paid 

the $5.00 filing fee. The Court accepts the petition for filing, 

but does not address Petitioner’s argument that it is timely. It 

does not appear from the face of the petition that it is without 

merit. 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 

Petitioner at his current address. 

2. No later than sixty days from the date of this Order, 

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Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner 

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 Petitioner 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 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 Petitioner 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 to the motion within thirty days of receipt of 

the motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on 

Petitioner a reply within fourteen days of receipt of an 

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 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 

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communications with the Court by mailing a true copy of the 

document to Respondent’s counsel. Failure to do so may result in 

the dismissal of this action, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil 

Procedure 41(b), for failure to prosecute.

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.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 12, 2015

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CLAUDIA WILKEN

United States District Judge

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