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Parties Involved:
Randy Grounds
Respondent
C. Noll
Respondent
Neville Porras
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Petitioner named C. Noll as Respondent in this action. 

Randy Grounds has been substituted as Respondent pursuant to Rule

25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEVILLE PORRAS,

Petitioner,

 v.

RANDY GROUNDS, Acting Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 09-04936 CW (PR)

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a

writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has paid

the $5.00 filing fee. It does not appear from the face of the

petition that it is without merit. Good cause appearing, the Court

hereby issues the following orders:

1. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order

and the petition and all attachments thereto upon Respondent and

Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General of the State of

California.1

 The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this Order on

Petitioner at his current address. 

2. Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon

Petitioner, within one-hundred twenty (120) days of the issuance of

this Order, an Answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of

habeas corpus should not be issued. Respondent shall file with the

Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant state records that

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have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a

determination of the issues presented by the petition. 

3. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall

do so by filing a Traverse with the Court and serving it on

Respondent within sixty (60) days of his receipt of the Answer. 

Should Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed

submitted and ready for decision sixty (60) days after the date

Petitioner is served with Respondent's Answer. 

4. Respondent may file with this Court and serve upon

Petitioner, within sixty (60) days of the issuance of this Order, a

motion to dismiss on procedural grounds in lieu of an Answer, as

set forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules

Governing Section 2254 Cases. If Respondent files such a motion,

Petitioner shall file with the Court and serve on Respondent an

opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion within

sixty (60) days of receipt of the motion, and Respondent shall file

with the Court and serve on Petitioner a reply within fifteen (15)

days of receipt of any opposition.

5. It is Petitioner's responsibility to prosecute this case. 

Petitioner must keep the Court and Respondent informed of any

change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a

timely fashion. Petitioner must also serve on Respondent's counsel

all communications with the Court by mailing a true copy of the

document to Respondent's counsel. 

6. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable

extensions will be granted. Any motion for an extension of time

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must be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the deadline

sought to be extended.

7. The Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute Randy

Grounds as Respondent in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 3/17/2010 

CLAUDIA WILKEN

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NEVILLE PORRAS,

Plaintiff,

 v.

C. NOLL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV09-04936 CW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on March 17, 2010, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Neville Porras E-37606

Correctional Training Facility

YW-337

P.O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

Warden

Correctional Training Facility

P.O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

Attorney General

State of California

455 Golden Gate Ave., Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

Dated: March 17, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Sheilah Cahill, Deputy Clerk

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