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Parties Involved:
R. Barnes
Respondent
Earnest S. Harris
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EARNEST S. HARRIS,

Petitioner, 

 v.

R. BARNES, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 15-1260 WHA (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL;

GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS

(Dkt. 2)

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at State Prison, has filed a second or

successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He challenges a

conviction and sentence from Alameda County Superior Court in 1993. He challenged the

same criminal judgment in a prior petition. See Harris v. Warden, No. C. 05-0865 MJJ (PR). 

A second or successive petition may not be filed in this court unless petitioner first obtains from

the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this court to

consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner has not sought or obtained

such an order from the Ninth Circuit. The petition is accordingly DISMISSED without prejudice

to refiling if petitioner obtains the necessary order. Petitioner is GRANTED leave to proceed in

forma pauperis (dkt. 2). 

No certificate of appealability is warranted in this case because a reasonable jurist would

not find the dismissal of this petition debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484

(2000). The clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 31 , 2015. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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