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Parties Involved:
Hunter Anglea
Defendant
David Alan Marchant
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID ALAN MARCHANT,

Petitioner,

v.

HUNTER ANGLEA,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-06831-JST 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner David Alan Marchant, an inmate at Sierra Conservation Center, filed this action 

seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His petition is now before the 

Court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases in the United States District Courts. 

This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in 

custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in 

violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). 

A district court shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why 

the writ should not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant or person 

detained is not entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. “Summary dismissal is appropriate only 

where the allegations in the petition are vague or conclusory or palpably incredible, or patently 

frivolous or false.” Hendricks v. Vasquez, 908 F.2d 490, 491 (9th Cir. 1990) (internal quotation 

marks, alteration marks, and citations omitted).

None of the claims raised in the petition warrants summary dismissal. Accordingly, it is 

hereby ordered that:

1. The Clerk shall mail a copy of this order and the petition with all attachments to 

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Respondent Hunter Anglea and Respondent’s attorney, the Attorney General of the State of 

California. The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this order on Petitioner. 

2. Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner, within 91 days of the 

date 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 be granted. 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 35 days of the date the answer is filed.

3. Respondent may file with the Court and serve on Petitioner, within 91 days of the 

date of this order, 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 28 days of the date the motion is filed, and 

Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner a reply within 14 days of the date any 

opposition is filed.

4. Upon a showing of good cause, requests for reasonable extensions of time will be 

granted provided they are filed on or before the deadline they seek to extend.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 13, 2019

______________________________________

JON S. TIGAR

United States District Judge

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