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Parties Involved:
W. L. Muniz
Respondent
Raymond Wright
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND WRIGHT,

Petitioner,

v.

W. L. MUNIZ,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-05506-HSG (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

On March 26, 2015, petitioner, a former state prisoner, filed a pro se habeas petition 

challenging the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s calculation of his 

release date. The petition was originally filed in the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of California, using that court’s form for habeas petitions brought pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254. The Eastern District thereafter transferred the petition to this District on the ground that, 

because petitioner was challenging the execution of his sentence and was incarcerated in this 

District, venue over the petition lies in this District. That action was assigned case number C 15-

1600 HSG (PR).

On August 10, 2015, case number C 15-1600 HSG (PR) was dismissed for failure to 

exhaust state court remedies. Petitioner was advised that if he chose to re-file after exhausting 

state court remedies, he could not re-file his petition as an amended petition in this action but must 

instead file a new petition and a new case number would be assigned it.

On December 1, 2015, petitioner re-filed the same petition in this Court, using the same 

Eastern District form and with the case number crossed out. With the petition, he filed a letter 

reporting that state court remedies had been exhausted on November 10, 2015 when the California 

Supreme Court denied his state habeas petition. The re-filed federal petition and letter were 

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opened as the instant action, case number C 15-5506 HSG (PR). On December 1, 2015, the Clerk 

notified petitioner that he had not filed a petition using this Court’s form for Section 2254 

petitions. Petitioner was also advised that he needed to pay the $5.00 filing fee or file an 

application to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). The Clerk also mailed to petitioner the Court’s 

petition and prisoner IFP forms and instructions for completing the forms.

In an order dated December 16, 2015, the Court noted that petitioner was no longer in 

custody and directed the Clerk to provide petitioner with a non-prisoner IFP application. 

Petitioner was given an extension, to January 22, 2016, to file his form petition and IFP 

application. See Dkt. No. 5.

To date, petitioner has not filed the required documents. Accordingly, the instant action is 

DISMISSED without prejudice for failing to respond to the Court’s order, and for failure to 

prosecute, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). Because this dismissal is without prejudice, petitioner may 

move to reopen the action. Any such motion must contain the two documents mentioned above. 

In lieu of an IFP application, petitioner may submit full payment for the $5.00 filing fee. 

A certificate of appealability is DENIED. The Clerk shall enter judgment and close the 

file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.

United States District Judge

2/10/2016

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