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Parties Involved:
Sidney Harris
Petitioner
Jerome Price
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIDNEY HARRIS,

Petitioner,

v.

JEROME PRICE, Warden, 

Respondent.

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No. C-15-3100 EMC (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, currently incarcerated at the Deuel Vocational Institution, filed a pro se petition

for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his 2001 conviction from the

Santa Clara County Superior Court. The petition is not his first federal habeas petition concerning

that 2001 conviction. His first habeas petition in Harris v. Kirkland, No. C 05-2922 MHP, was

dismissed as untimely on September 28, 2006. The district court denied a certificate of appealability

on November 3, 2006, and the Ninth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability in April 2007. 

A second or successive petition may not be filed in this court unless the petitioner first

obtains from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this court

to consider the petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Section 2244 applies when the previous

petition was dismissed as barred by the statute of limitations which constitutes a disposition on the

merits. McNabb v. Yates, 576 F.3d 1028, 1029 (9th Cir. 2009). 

Petitioner has not obtained an order from the Ninth Circuit permitting the filing of a second

or successive petition. This Court will not entertain a new petition from Petitioner until he first

obtains permission from the Ninth Circuit to file such a petition. This action is DISMISSED

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United States District Court

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without prejudice to Petitioner filing a petition in this court after he obtains the necessary order from

the Ninth Circuit. 

If Petitioner wants to attempt to obtain the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit, he should

file an “Application For Leave To File Second Or Successive Petition” in the Ninth Circuit (at 95

Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103). A copy of the form application is enclosed with this

order for his convenience. 

The Clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 18, 2015

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EDWARD M. CHEN

United States District Judge

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