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Parties Involved:
Sonoma County
Respondent
William Soto
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

WILLIAM SOTO, G-49875,

Petitioner,

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SONOMA COUNTY,

Respondent. 

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No. C 16-0578 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at High Desert State Prison, has

filed a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 challenging a 2009 conviction from Sonoma County Superior Court. His

first petition was dismissed on the merits on November 8, 2011. See Soto v.

McDonald, No. C 11-3050 CRB (PR) (N.D. Cal. Nov. 8, 2011) (order).

 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 has not obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. 

The petition accordingly is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if petitioner

obtains the necessary order.

The clerk shall terminate all pending motions as moot and close the file.

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Feb. 8, 2016 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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