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Parties Involved:
David Edward Fullmore
Petitioner
McDonald
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

DAVID EDWARD FULLMORE, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

KIM HOLLAND, Warden, 

Respondent. 

No. 2:14-cv-1691-EFB P 

ORDER 

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

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 5, 2014, he filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in 

this court. See Fullmore v. McDonald, No. 2:14-cv-614-EFB, ECF No. 1. The petition 

challenges petitioner’s 2011 conviction in Sacramento County Superior Court for second degree 

robbery and false imprisonment. On July 2, 2014, respondent filed an answer. The matter now 

stands submitted for decision by the court. 

On July 17, 2014, petitioner commenced this action by filing a new petition for writ of 

habeas corpus. ECF No. 1. The petition also challenges the 2011 conviction out of Sacramento 

County Superior Court. “[W]here a new pro se petition is filed before the adjudication of a prior 

petition is complete, the new petition should be construed as a motion to amend the pending 

petition rather than as a successive application.” Woods v. Carey, 525 F.3d 886, 888-890 (9th 

Cir. 2008). 

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In this case, the petition filed in Fullmore v. McDonald, No. 2:14-cv-614-EFB has not 

been adjudicated. Therefore, the court will construe the instant petition as a motion to amend the 

previously-filed petition. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. The Clerk of the Court shall file the petition (ECF No. 1) in Case No. 2:14-cv-614-EFB as 

a motion to amend; 

2. The Clerk shall file a copy of this order in Case No. 2:14-cv-614-EFB and close this case; 

and 

3. Petitioner is instructed that all future pleadings should be identified by the case number: 

2:14-cv-614-EFB. 

DATED: August 28, 2014. 

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