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Parties Involved:
Antoine Douglass Johnson
Petitioner
Paul Thompsen
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ANTOINE DOUGLASS JOHNSON, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

PAUL THOMPSEN, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:18-cv-2580 MCE AC P 

ORDER 

 Petitioner is a federal prisoner seeking habeas relief, purportedly under 28 U.S.C. § 2241. 

Findings and Recommendations are currently pending, recommending dismissal for lack of 

subject matter jurisdiction. ECF No. 13. Petitioner has filed a motion for leave to amend the 

petition, docketed twice at ECF Nos. 15 and 16. The motion does not include a proposed 

amended petition, or any concrete information about the substance of the proposed amendments. 

In light of the procedural posture of the case, the motion will be STRICKEN without prejudice. 

 If the district judge agrees with the undersigned that this court lacks subject matter 

jurisdiction over petitioner’s challenge to the validity of his conviction, the issue of amendment 

will be moot. A petition over which there is no jurisdiction cannot be amended. If the district 

judge declines to adopt the recommendation, and finds that there is jurisdiction, petitioner may 

renew his motion. 

 To the extent that petitioner believes he can establish jurisdiction by amendment, that is an 

argument that must be made in objection to the Findings and Recommendations. The motion 

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now before the court is devoid of any proffered amendment that might confer jurisdiction. 

Moreover, for the reasons explained in the Findings and Recommendations, the jurisdictional 

defect identified by the undersigned is not one that can be cured by the allegation of additional 

facts or assertion of additional claims for relief. 

 Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to amend, ECF Nos. 15 and 16, is 

STRICKEN without prejudice to refiling if and when the assigned district judge rules that the 

court may exercise jurisdiction over this action. 

DATED: March 27, 2020 

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