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Parties Involved:
People of the State of California
Respondent
Gerald H. Stolp
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD H. STOLP,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent.

Case No. 16-cv-00498-JD 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL; 

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF 

APPEALABILITY

Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 2, 7

This pro se habeas action was initiated when petitioner filed a motion for a stay. Petitioner 

was advised that if he did not submit a formal petition by May 23, 2016, the case would be 

dismissed. No petition has been received. Without an underlying petition or case and 

controversy, the Court cannot rule on the motion to stay. 

It appears that petitioner was convicted in Calaveras County, which is in the Eastern 

District of California. Petitioner filed a separate petition in this Court, No. 16-1265 JD, that was 

transferred to the Eastern District. Assuming both petitions concern the same underlying 

conviction this case is DISMISSED and CLOSED as duplicative and petitioner should proceed 

on the case in the Eastern District. If this petition concerns a different conviction it is still 

dismissed for failure to file a petition. All pending motions (Docket Nos. 1, 2, 7) are therefore 

DENIED. Because reasonable jurists would not find the result here debatable, a certificate of 

appealability (“COA”) is DENIED. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000) 

(standard for COA).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 30, 2016

JAMES DONATO

United States District Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GERALD H. STOLP,

Plaintiff,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Defendant.

Case No. 16-cv-00498-JD 

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 August 30, 2016, 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.

Gerald H. Stolp ID: ID: AK4738

California Correctional Institution

P.O. Box 1902

Tehachapi, CA 93581 

Dated: August 30, 2016

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

LISA R. CLARK, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable JAMES DONATO

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