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Parties Involved:
Nancy Alcantar
Respondent
Michael Chertoff
Respondent
Edward C. Flores
Respondent
Alberto R. Gonzales
Respondent
Jainendra Prasad Sharma
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

JAINENDRA PRASAD SHARMA,

 Plaintiff,

 v.

MICHAEL CHERTOFF,

Defendant. /

No. C07-04692 MJJ

FURTHER ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

AND ORDER RE: SANCTIONS

On September 12, 2007, Petitioner, a prisoner at the Santa Clara County Main Jail under the

custody of the Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, filed this

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (“Petition”), challenging his detention.

The Petition named four Respondents: (1) Michael Chertoff, Secretary of the Department of Homeland

Security, (2) Edward C. Flores, Chief of Correction, Santa Clara County, Department of Correction, (3)

Nancy Alcantar, Field Office Director, Office of Detention and Removal, Immigration and Customs

Enforcement, and (4) Alberto R. Gonzales, U.S. Attorney General. 

 On September 28, 2007, this Court issued an Order to Show Cause, ordering Respondents to

file and serve, within 30 days, an answer to the petition. The Court’s Order to Show Cause directed the

Clerk of this Court to serve a copy of the Order to Show Cause, together with the Petition, upon

Respondents as well as the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California and the

Attorney General for the State of California. The Court’s file for this matter contains certified mail

receipts that document the Clerk’s service of the Order to Show Cause, in early October 2007, consistent

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with this Court’s directive.

No Respondent filed an Answer within the 30 day time period established by the Order To Show

Cause. On January 1, 2008, Petitioner filed a motion for default judgment (“Motion”), attached to

which is a proof of service indicating that Petitioner’s counsel served the Motion on the U.S. Attorney

for the Northern District of California. To date, no Respondent has appeared in this action nor filed any

response to the Petition or the Motion.

Good cause appearing therefor, the Court ORDERS that Respondents shall, within twenty (20)

days of the issuance of this Order: (1) show good cause, in writing, why no Answer has been filed to

date, and why any tardy filing in response to the Petition should be considered at this point; (2) file an

Answer to the Petition, and (3) file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the Motion. 

Failure to comply with this Order may result in the imposition of sanctions, including

monetary sanctions and the Court’s evaluation of the merits of the Petition without further

opportunity for briefing by Respondents.

The Clerk of the Court shall serve, by certified mail, a copy of this Order upon Respondents,

upon the United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, and upon the Attorney General

for the State of California.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2008 

MARTIN J. JENKINS

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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