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Parties Involved:
Ronald Davis
Respondent
Kevin Lee Robinson
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN LEE ROBINSON,

Petitioner,

v.

RONALD DAVIS,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-1455 TLN CKD P

ORDER

On July 15, 2016, the court recommended that petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas 

corpus be summarily dismissed because petitioner fails to allege “the 1984 convictions at issue, or 

sentence entered thereon, resulted in petitioner’s present incarceration or contributed in any way 

to the length of his current sentence.” In response to the court’s findings and recommendations, 

petitioner seeks leave to file an amended petition.

Petitioner claims he is entitled to amend his petition as a matter of course pursuant to 

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a)(1). However, the current version of that rule provides for 

amendment as a matter of course only within 21 days of service of the original petition or within 

21 days of service of an answer or motion to dismiss. Petitioner’s motion to amend was filed 

more than a month after he served his original petition on the court and since the court has 

recommended summary dismissal of the original petition, no respondent has appeared in this 

action.

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In any case, petitioner fails to indicate how he would cure the deficiencies in his current 

petition if the court were to grant him leave to amend. As indicated above and in the court’s July 

15, 2016 findings and recommendations, petitioner cannot directly challenge his 1984 convictions

in this action and it appears petitioner has already challenged his current convictions and 

sentences in this court in 2:03-cv-0856 LKK JFM, an action which was dismissed as time-barred. 

This being the case, petitioner would be barred from filing any successive petition with respect to 

his current convictions and sentences until obtaining permission to do so from the Ninth Circuit. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); McNabb v. Yates, 576 F.3d 1028, 1030 (dismissal of habeas 

petition as time-barred renders subsequent petitions challenging the same conviction and sentence 

as successive for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)). 

For all the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s request for 

leave to file an amended petition for writ of habeas corpus (ECF No. 9) is denied. 

Dated: August 26, 2016

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robi1455.mta

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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