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Parties Involved:
D. L. Runnels
Respondent
Michael Smith
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL J. SMITH,

Petitioner,

 vs.

D. L. RUNNELS, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 05-3822 JSW (PR)

ORDER REOPENING CASE; TO

SHOW CAUSE; GRANTING

MOTIONS TO COMPEL ANSWER

AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE FILING

OF SECOND AMENDED PETITION

(Docket Nos. 16 & 17)

Michael J. Smith, California prisoner, filed this action for a writ of habeas corpus

under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner advised the Court in his amended habeas application

that several claims had not been exhausted in the California Supreme Court. Thereafter,

the Court granted Petitioner’s motion for a stay of this proceeding so that he could

exhaust additional claims in state court. After exhausting such claims, Petitioner filed a

Second Amended Petition herein on April 9, 2007, and thereafter filed a motion “to

compel” an answer from Respondent (Docket No. 16). 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown,

1. The Clerk shall serve by certified mail a copy of this order and the April 9, 2007

Second Amended Petition, and all attachments thereto, on Respondent's attorney, the

Attorney General of the State of California. 

2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner, within sixty (60)

days of the issuance of this order, 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

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not be granted based on the claims set forth in the Second Amended Petition. Respondent

shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a copy of all portions of the state trial

record that have been transcribed previously and that 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 (30) days

of his receipt of the answer.

3. Respondent may file 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 within thirty (30)

days of receipt of the motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on

Petitioner a reply within fifteen (15) days of receipt of any 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 captioned “Notice

of Change of Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion. 

Failure to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant

to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b).

5. Petitioner’s motions to compel an answer (Docket No. 16) and for

acknowledgment that the Second Amended Petition has been filed (Docket No. 17) are

GRANTED.

The clerk shall REOPEN the file.

This order terminates Docket Nos. 16 & 17. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 13, 2008

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SMITH,

Plaintiff,

 v.

RUNNELS et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-03822 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 13, 2008, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Michael Smith

T55364

P.O. Box 3030

Susanville, CA 96127-3030

Dated: March 13, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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