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Parties Involved:
Pablo Camacho
Petitioner
Joe A. Lizarraga
Respondent

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

PABLO CAMACHO, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

JOE A. LIZARRAGA, Warden, Mule Creek 

State Prison, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 15-cv-00764-EDL 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 

Re: Dkt. No. CR1101069 

Petitioner Pablo Camacho, a state prisoner incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison, has 

filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is represented 

by counsel and has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. 

BACKGROUND 

Petitioner was convicted by a California court of possession for sale of methamphetamine 

in violation of California Health & Safety Code section 1138. Petitioner was convicted by a jury 

in the Superior Court of the State of California in and for the County of San Benito. On or about 

August 3, 2012, he was sentenced to incarceration in state prison. 

Petitioner unsuccessfully appealed his conviction to the California Court of Appeal and the 

Supreme Court of California, which on July 30, 2014 denied review of a petition allegedly raising 

the same claims raised here. 

DISCUSSION 

A. Legal Standard 

This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in 

custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in 

violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). It 

shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why the writ should 

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not be granted, unless it appears from the application that the applicant or person detained is not 

entitled thereto.” 28 U.S.C. § 2243. Summary dismissal is appropriate only where the allegations 

in the petition are vague or conclusory, palpably incredible, or patently frivolous or false. See 

Hendricks v. Vasquez, 908 F.2d 490, 491 (9th Cir. 1990). 

B. Petitioner’s Legal Claims 

Petitioner seeks federal habeas corpus relief by raising the following claims: (1) joinder of 

unrelated cases resulted in an unfair trial; (2) admission of material false evidence that the 

prosecutor should have known to be false violated his due process rights; and (3) ineffective 

assistance of counsel. Liberally construed, the claims appear colorable under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 

and merit an answer from respondents. 

CONCLUSION 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown 

1. The clerk shall serve by certified mail a copy of this order and the petition and 

all attachments thereto upon respondents. The clerk shall also serve a copy of 

this order on petitioner and his counsel. 

2. Respondents shall file with the court and serve on petitioner, within 60 days of 

the date 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 and serve 

on petitioner a copy of all portions of the administrative record that are relevant 

to a determination of the issues presented by the petition. 

3. If the petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a 

traverse with the court and serving it on respondent within 30 days of his 

receipt of the answer. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: March 13, 2015 

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ELIZABETH D. LAPORTE 

United States Magistrate Judge 

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