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Parties Involved:
Robert Ayers
Respondent
Jose Ybarra
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSE YBARRA, 

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT AYERS, Warden, 

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 07-2863 MMC (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL; DENYING

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Docket No. 2)

On June 1, 2007, petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding pro se, filed the abovetitled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a

2005 decision by the California Board of Prison Hearings (“BPH”) to deny him parole. 

The instant petition is an identical copy of a petition filed by petitioner two days

earlier, on May 30, 2007, in an earlier-filed habeas action, Ybarra v. Ayers, No. C 07-2802

MMC (PR), which action currently is pending. A complaint that merely repeats pending or

previously litigated claims is frivolous and may be dismissed sua sponte. See Cato v. United

States, 70 F.3d 1103, 1105 n.2 (9th Cir. 1995); Bailey v. Johnson, 846 F.2d 1019, 1021 (5th

Cir. 1988); see also 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A) (providing second or successive petition may

not be filed in district court unless petitioner first obtains from United States Court of

Appeals order authorizing such petition). As the instant petition is identical to petitioner’s

earlier-filed petition, the instant action is hereby DISMISSED as duplicative. 

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In light of the dismissal, the application to proceed in forma pauperis is hereby

DENIED, and no fee is due. 

This order terminates Docket No. 2.

The Clerk shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 15, 2007 _________________________ MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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