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Parties Involved:
Forrest Lee Jones
Petitioner
Jeanne S. Woodford
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FORREST LEE JONES, )

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Petitioner, )

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JEANNE S. WOODFORD, )

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Respondent, )

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1:06-CV-00539 AWI SMS HC

ORDER STAYING COURT ORDER OF

JUNE 19, 2006, WHICH DIRECTED

RESPONDENT TO FILE A RESPONSE

[Doc. #6]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

On May 4, 2006, Petitioner filed a habeas petition in this Court. On June 19, 2006, this Court

issued an order directing Respondent to file a response. 

On June 28, 2006, Petitioner filed a first amended petition. Rule 15(a) of the Federal Rules of

Civil Procedure provides, in relevant part:

(a) Amendments. A party may amend the party's pleading once as a matter 

of course at any time before a responsive pleading is served or, if the 

pleading is one to which no responsive pleading is permitted and the action 

has not been placed upon the trial calendar, the party may so amend it at any 

time within 20 days after it is served. Otherwise a party may amend the 

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party's pleading only by leave of court or by written consent of the adverse 

party; and leave shall be freely given when justice so requires. 

Because Respondent has not yet filed a responsive pleading, Petitioner’s may file a first

amended petition as a matter of course. 

Accordingly, at this time, the order of June 19, 2006, directing Respondent to file a response

is HEREBY STAYED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 6, 2006 /s/ Sandra M. Snyder 

icido3 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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