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Parties Involved:
John Dalton
Petitioner
United States of America
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 In recent months, Mr. Dalton also has filed a motion for summary judgment, which can be

found at Docket No. 642, and an earlier petition for habeas corpus, which can be found at Docket No.

636. He retracted the motion for summary judgment on April 29, 2008, see Docket Nos. 644 & 645,

and retracted the earlier habeas petition on April 20, 2008, see Docket No. 643. The Court therefore

will not consider these motions.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN DALTON,

Defendant/Petitioner.

 v.

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff/Respondent. /

No. CR 96-00276 SI

No. C 02-4949 SI

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

John Dalton, a prisoner at F.C.I. Texarkana, has filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. The petition is not his first federal habeas petition concerning his 1999

conviction in federal court. His earlier § 2255 habeas petition in Dalton v. United States, No. C 02-4949

SI, was denied on the merits on September 29, 2003.

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. § 2255(h); 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Mr. Dalton has not obtained such an

order from the Ninth Circuit. This Court will not entertain a new petition from Mr. Dalton until he first

obtains permission from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to file such a petition. This action

is DISMISSED without prejudice to Mr. Dalton filing a petition in this court after he obtains the

necessary order from the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [Docket No. 646].1

If Mr. Dalton wants to attempt to obtain the necessary order from the Ninth Circuit, he should

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very clearly mark the first page of his document as a “MOTION FOR ORDER AUTHORIZING

DISTRICT COURT TO CONSIDER SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE PETITION PURSUANT TO 28

U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A)” rather than labeling it as a habeas petition because the Ninth Circuit clerk’s

office is apt to simply forward to this court any document labeled as a habeas petition. He also should

mail the motion to the Ninth Circuit (at 95 Seventh Street, San Francisco, CA 94103), rather than to

this court. In his motion to the Ninth Circuit, he should explain how he meets the requirements of 28

U.S.C. § 2255(h).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 30, 2008 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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