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Parties Involved:
Robert Horel
Respondent
Joseph Deonn Horne
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH DEONN. HORNE,

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT HOREL, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-4592 SBA (PR)

ORDER GRANTING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS AND DIRECTING

RESPONDENT TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

THE PETITION SHOULD NOT BE

GRANTED

(Docket nos. 2, 10)

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. It does not appear from the

face of the petition that it is without merit. 

On February 28, 2008, Petitioner filed a notice of appeal and a motion for a certificate of

appealability (COA). Unless a circuit justice or judge issues a COA, an appeal may not be taken to

the court of appeals from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention

complained of arises out of process issued by a state court. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Petitioner states

that he is attempting to appeal "the non-judgment of the District Court Hon. Judge Saundra Brown

Armstrong refusing to or just simply not responding to [the] above entitled federal writ of habeas

corpus case." Petitioner is not appealing a final order by the Court. Accordingly, his application for

a COA is DENIED. Further, Petitioner's attempt to appeal does not deprive this Court of

jurisdiction to enter its order in the case.

Good cause appearing, the Court hereby issues the following orders:

1. Petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis (docket no. 2) is GRANTED. 

2. 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 shall also serve a copy of this Order on Petitioner at his current address. 

 3. Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner, within one-hundred

and twenty (120) 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 not

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be issued. Respondent shall file with the Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant state records

that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented

by the petition. 

4. 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 sixty (60) days of his receipt of the Answer. Should

Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed submitted and ready for decision sixty (60) days

after the date Petitioner is served with Respondent's Answer. 

5. 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 to the motion within sixty (60) 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.

6. It is Petitioner's responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep the Court

and Respondent informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a

timely fashion. Petitioner must also serve on Respondent's counsel all communications with the

Court by mailing a true copy of the document to Respondent's counsel. 

7. 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 (10) days prior to the deadline

sought to be extended.

8. Petitioner's application for a COA (docket no. 10) is DENIED. The Clerk of the

Court shall transmit the file, including a copy of this Order, to the Court of Appeals. See Fed. R.

App. P. 22(b); United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). 

9. This Order terminates Docket nos. 2 and 10.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 3/20/08 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH D. HORNE,

Plaintiff,

 v.

ROBERT HOREL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV07-04592 SBA 

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 24, 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.

Joseph Deonn Horne V-84328

Kern Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 5102

Delano, CA 93216

Dated: March 24, 2008

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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