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Parties Involved:
Jerry Galindo Martinez
Petitioner
People of the State of California
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY GALINDO MARTINEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:14-cv-01132 MJS (HC)

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER'S 

MOTION TO LIFT STAY AND FILE FIRST 

AMENDED PETITION

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

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has declined Magistrate Judge 

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). (ECF No. 6.)

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with an

application for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 24, 2012, the

Court granted Petitioner's request to stay the proceeding under Kelly v. Small, 315 F.3d 

1063 (9th Cir. 2003).

On November 17, 2012, Petitioner filed a motion to lift the stay and a motion to file 

an amended petition. Petitioner informed the Court that the California Supreme Court 

denied his petition containing the previously unexhausted claim, and he filed a motion to 

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amend the petition to add the newly-exhausted claim to his federal petition. 

As Petitioner asserts that he has exhausted his claim in state court, the Court

GRANTS Petitioner's motion to lift the stay and to amend to allow Petitioner to file a first

amended petition containing his previously exhausted and newly exhausted claims. The 

Court cautions Petitioner that Local Rule 220 requires that an amended pleading be 

complete in itself, without reference to any prior pleading. See Loux v. Rhay, 375 F.2d 

55, 57 (9th Cir. 1967) (As general rule, an amended complaint or petition supersedes the 

original.). The Court shall screen the petition and request briefing from the parties by 

way of a separate order. 

ORDER

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Petitioner's motion to lift the stay and file an 

amended Petition is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 21, 2014 /s/Michael J. Seng 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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