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Parties Involved:
Carlos Alberto Munoz
Petitioner
People Of California
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CARLOS ALBERTO MUNOZ,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

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1:10-cv-00204-LJO-SMS (HC)

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT

PREJUDICE

[Doc. 1]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

Petitioner filed the instant petition on February 9, 2010. (Court Doc. 1.) On March 3,

2010, the Court issued an order to show cause why the petition should not be dismissed for lack

of jurisdiction, namely failure to name a proper respondent and failure to exhaust the state court

remedies. (Court Doc. 3.) 

On April 12, 2010, Petitioner filed a motion to amend the petition to name a proper

respondent and a motion requesting permission to return to state court to exhaust the

unexhausted claims. (Court Docs. 4, 5.) In the latter motion, Petitioner states that he

inadvertently forwarded the instant petition to this Court instead of to the California Court of

Appeal Fifth Appellate District and requests permission to return to state court to exhaust his 

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unexhausted claims. (Motion, at 2.) Because the instant petition contains only unexhausted

claims, Petitioner’s motion shall be granted and the instant petition for writ of habeas corpus will

be dismissed without prejudice.

 ORDER

Accordingly, it is HEREBY RECOMMENDED that:

1. Petitioner’s motion to dismiss the instant petition is GRANTED; and

2. The instant petition for writ of habeas corpus is DISMISSED without prejudice.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 14, 2010 /s/ Lawrence J. O'Neill 

b9ed48 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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