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Parties Involved:
Richard Kirkland
Respondent
Ramiro Gonzalez Ruiz
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAMIRO GONZALEZ RUIZ,

Petitioner,

v.

RICHARD KIRKLAND, WARDEN,

Respondent.

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CV F 05-1222 REC DLB HC

ORDER DECLINING TO ADOPT FINDINGS

AND RECOMMENDATIONS AND

REFERRING MATTER BACK TO

MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR FURTHER

PROCEEDINGS

[Doc. 5]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On December 13, 2005, the Magistrate Judge issued Findings and Recommendations that

the instant petition be DISMISSED as successive. Petitioner filed objections on January 17,

2006. 

In his objections, Petitioner contends that his prior petition filed in CV-F-97-5654 was

dismissed as untimely. A review of the file in CV-F-97-5654 REC HGB P indicates that the

case was actually dismissed, without prejudice, for failure to exhaust the state court remedies. 

(CV-F-97-5654 REC HGB P, Court Doc. 17.) Thus, such a dismissal does not bar a second or

subsequent petition to be filed. In re Turner, 101 F.3d 1323 (9 Cir. 1996) (holding that section th

2244(b) does not apply to a second or subsequent habeas petition where the first petition was

dismissed without prejudice for failure to exhaust state remedies). Therefore, because

Petitioner’s prior petition did not render the instant petition successive, the Findings and

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Recommendations are not ADOPTED, and the matter is referred back to the Magistrate Judge for

further proceedings. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 31, 2006 /s/ Robert E. Coyle 

668554 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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