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Parties Involved:
Tom Felker
Respondent
Ernest Landry
Petitioner

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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

ERNEST LANDRY,

Petitioner,

 v.

TOM FELKER, Warden,

Respondent.

 /

No. C-09-5009 TEH (PR)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS; DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Ernest Landry, a prisoner at High Desert State Prison in

Susanville, California, has filed a second or successive pro se

Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging a 1996 conviction and life sentence imposed under the

Three Strikes law by the Santa Clara County Superior Court. 

Petitioner claims that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to

challenge prior convictions that were used to enhance his sentence. 

Doc. #1. On December 12, 2000, this Court rejected an earlier

challenge to the same judgment, which included the same claim of

ineffective assistance of trial counsel Petitioner raises in the

instant Petition. See Landry v. Ayers, No. C-99-3877 TEH (PR) (N.D.

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Cal. filed Aug. 16, 1999), Doc. #18 at 12-14. 

A second or successive petition may not be filed in this

Court unless Petitioner first obtains from the United States Court

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an Order authorizing this Court to

consider the Petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner,

however, has not obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. 

Accordingly, the Petition is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling

if Petitioner obtains the requisite Order. 

Further, a Certificate of Appealability is DENIED. See

Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases (effective Dec.

1, 2009). Petitioner may not appeal the denial of a Certificate of

Appealability in this Court but may seek a certificate from the

Ninth Circuit under Rule 22 of the Federal Rules of Appellate

Procedure. Id. 

The Clerk is directed to terminate all pending motions as

moot and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED 01/07/10 

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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