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Parties Involved:
Heidi Lackner
Respondent
Gary T. Newell
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GARY T. NEWELL,

Petitioner,

v.

HEIDI LACKNER, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 13-cv-03309-YGR (PR)

ORDER ADDRESSING PETITIONER’S 

PENDING MOTIONS; AND

DIRECTING HIM TO FILE AN 

AMENDED PETITION

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 

U.S.C. § 2254.

On August 15, 2013, the Court issued an Order granting Petitioner’s request for a stay of 

proceedings while he returned to state court to exhaust his state judicial remedies. The Court also 

stated: 

Nothing further will take place in this action until Petitioner receives 

a final decision from the highest state court and, within twentyeight (28) days of doing so, moves to reopen the action, lift the 

Court’s stay and amend the stayed petition to add the newlyexhausted claims.

Dkt. 3 at 2.

On June 11, 2014, Petitioner informed the Court that his state proceedings had concluded 

and requested that the Court lift the stay (Dkt. 10); however, he did not amend the stayed petition 

to add the newly-exhausted claims. Thereafter, Petitioner filed a motion entitled, “Request for 

Clarification and Order Lifting Stay of Proceedings and Reopening File.” Dkt. 11. The Court 

GRANTS Petitioner’s request for clarification (Dkt. 11) and directs Petitioner to file an amended 

petition in this Court which incorporates the newly-exhausted claims he intends to raise in federal 

court, as directed below. Petitioner’s requests to lift the stay and reopen this action (Dkts. 10, 11) 

are DENIED without prejudice to the Court sua sponte reconsidering his requests after he files his 

amended petition. 

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CONCLUSION

1. Petitioner’s “Request for Order Lifting Stay of Proceedings” and “Request for 

Clarification and Order Lifting Stay of Proceedings and Reopening File” are GRANTED in part 

and DENIED in part. Dkts. 10, 11. Petitioner’s request for clarification is GRANTED, and he is 

directed to file an amended petition. Petitioner’s requests to lift the stay and reopen this action 

(Dkts. 10, 11) are DENIED without prejudice to the Court sua sponte reconsidering his requests 

after he files his amended petition. 

2. No later than twenty-eight (28) days of the date of this Order, Petitioner must file 

an amended petition in this Court which incorporates the newly-exhausted claims he intends to 

raise in federal court. The Court will lift the stay and reopen this action on the date that Petitioner 

files his amended petition. Petitioner must submit the amended petition on the attached blank 

habeas petition form, clearly label the petition as the “Amended Petition,” and write in the case 

number for this action—Case No. C 13-3309 YGR (PR)—on the form. He should also attach to 

his amended petition a copy of his petition to the California Supreme Court, if the document is 

available to him. If Petitioner fails to file an amended petition within the prescribed period, the 

Court will dismiss this action without prejudice for failure to prosecute.

3. The Clerk of the Court shall send Petitioner a blank § 2254 habeas petition form.

4. This Order terminates Docket Nos. 10 and 11.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated:

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YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

United States District Judge

February 20, 2015

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