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Parties Involved:
People of the State of California
Respondent
Alfonso Ybarra
Petitioner

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALFONSO YBARRA,

Petitioner,

v.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-4450 SI (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This action was opened on August 28, 2007, when the court received a Petition For

Writ Of Habeas Corpus from petitioner. The action was opened in error because the petition

went to the wrong court. The petition apparently was intended to be mailed to the California

Supreme Court rather than the U.S. District Court. The envelope in which the petition

arrived was addressed to the California Supreme Court but the street address used was that

for this court: the envelope was addressed to "California State Supreme Court, 450 Golden

Gate Avenue." Another indicator that the petition was intended to be sent to the California

Supreme Court is that, in response to a part of the form that directed petitioner to "state the

circumstances justifying an application to this court," petitioner wrote: "Under advisement of

'legal aid,' was instructed to file this application to 'California Supreme Court,' since they

overturned sentencing law." Petition, p. 6. Based on the foregoing, this court concludes that

the petition was not intended to be filed in this court and was instead intended to be filed in

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the California Supreme Court. Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED without prejudice

because it was filed in the wrong court.

The clerk shall send a copy of the petition and envelope to the California Supreme

Court for filing in that court. The clerk shall send with the petition a copy of this order so

that court will be able to understand why the petition first went to this court and is being

redirected to that court. The clerk then shall close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 4, 2007 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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