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Parties Involved:
Gamaliel Elizalde
Petitioner
William Muniz
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GAMALIEL ELIZALDE,

Plaintiff,

v.

WILLIAM MUNIZ,

Defendant.

Case No.16-cv-04607-JSC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Re: Dkt. No. 7

Gamaliel Elizalde (“Petitioner”) brings a petition for writ of habeas corpus (“Petition”) 

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 alleging violations of Petitioner’s Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment 

rights under U.S. Constitution. (Dkt. No. 1.) On September 2, 2016, the Court issued an Order 

directing Petitioner to serve Respondent and Respondent’s attorney with a copy of the order and 

the petition, and requiring Respondent to file within 60 days of the Order an answer showing 

cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be granted. (Dkt. No. 4 (“Initial Show Cause 

Order”).) This portion of the Order was in error as Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases in the United States District Courts requires the Clerk of Court to serve the petition and any 

orders. Now pending before the Court is Petitioner’s motion to stay this case and hold it in 

abeyance to allow him to exhaust an unexhausted claim. (Dkt. No. 7.) Accordingly, the Court 

orders as follows:

1. The Initial Show Cause Order is VACATED.

2. The Clerk of Court shall serve a copy of Petitioner’s motion to stay, the petition, 

this Order, and the Initial Show Cause Order on Respondent and Respondent’s attorney, the 

Attorney General of the State of California. 

3. If Respondent agrees with Petitioner’s request to stay this case, then the parties 

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shall file a stipulation and proposed order on or before December 23, 2016. If Respondent does 

not agree, then Respondent shall file an opposition on or before January 6, 2017, and Petitioner 

shall file a reply on or before January 13, 2017. The motion to stay will then be deemed 

submitted on the papers without oral argument.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 17, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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