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Parties Involved:
John Thomas Barrett
Petitioner
Holbrook
Respondent

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN THOMAS BARRETT,

Petitioner,

v.

D. HOLBROOK, Warden,

Respondent.

Case No. 19-cv-05990-DMR (PR) 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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

U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner has paid the full filing fee. Dkt. 6. This action has been assigned to the 

undersigned Magistrate Judge. 

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), with written consent of all parties, a magistrate judge may 

conduct all proceedings in a case, including entry of judgment. Appeal will be directly to the 

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(3).

On September 24, 2019, Petitioner consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction in this 

matter. Dkt. 4.

It does not appear from the face of the petition that it is without merit. Good cause 

appearing, the court hereby issues the following orders:

1. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a Magistrate Judge jurisdiction consent form, a 

copy of this Order, as well as the petition and all attachments thereto upon Respondent and 

Respondent’s attorney, the Attorney General of the State of California. The Clerk shall also serve 

a copy of this Order on Petitioner at Petitioner’s current address. 

2. Within twenty-eight (28) days of the issuance of this Order, Respondent shall 

complete and file the Magistrate Judge jurisdiction consent form to indicate whether Respondent 

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consents or declines to proceed before the assigned Magistrate Judge. Respondent is free to 

withhold consent without adverse consequences. If Respondent consents to a Magistrate Judge’s 

jurisdiction, this case will be handled by the undersigned Magistrate Judge. If Respondent 

declines, the case will be reassigned to a District Judge. Whether Respondent consents or declines 

to proceed before the assigned Magistrate Judge, the parties shall abide by the briefing schedule 

below. 

3. Respondent shall file with this court and serve upon Petitioner, within sixty (60) 

days of the issuance of this Order, an Answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the Rules 

Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not be issued. 

Respondent shall file with the Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant state records that have 

been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented by the 

petition. 

4. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the Answer, Petitioner shall do so by filing a 

Traverse with the court and serving it on Respondent within twenty-eight (28) days of 

Petitioner’s receipt of the Answer. Should Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed 

submitted and ready for decision twenty-eight (28) days after the date Petitioner is served with 

Respondent’s Answer. 

5. Respondent may file with this court and serve upon Petitioner, within sixty (60) 

days of the issuance of this Order, a motion to dismiss on procedural grounds in lieu of an 

Answer, as set forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 

2254 Cases. If Respondent files a motion to dismiss, Petitioner shall file with the court and serve 

on Respondent an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion within twenty-eight 

(28) days of receipt of the motion, and Respondent shall file with the court and serve on Petitioner 

a reply within fourteen (14) days of receipt of any opposition.

6. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner must keep the 

court and Respondent informed of any change of address and must comply with the court’s orders 

in a timely fashion. Pursuant to Northern District Local Rule 3-11 a party proceeding pro se

whose address changes while an action is pending must promptly file a notice of change of 

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address specifying the new address. See L.R. 3-11(a). The court may dismiss a pro se action 

without prejudice when: (1) mail directed to the pro se party by the court has been returned to the 

court as not deliverable, and (2) the court fails to receive within sixty days of this return a written 

communication from the pro se party indicating a current address. See L.R. 3-11(b); see also

Martinez v. Johnson, 104 F.3d 769, 772 (5th Cir. 1997) (Rule 41(b) applicable in habeas cases). 

Petitioner must also serve on Respondent’s counsel all communications with the court by mailing 

a true copy of the document to Respondent’s counsel. 

7. Upon a showing of good cause, requests for a reasonable extension of time will be 

granted provided they are filed on or before the deadline they seek to extend.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2019 ______________________________

DONNA M. RYU

United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN THOMAS BARRETT,

Plaintiff,

v.

HOLBROOK,

Defendant.

Case No. 4:19-cv-05990-DMR 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California.

That on October 24, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by 

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

John Thomas Barrett ID: AF7355

Chuckwalla Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 2349

Blythe, CA 92226 

Dated: October 24, 2019

Susan Y. Soong

Clerk, United States District Court

By:________________________

Ivy Lerma Garcia, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable DONNA M. RYU

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