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Parties Involved:
Clark Ducart
Respondent
Demario Wiggins
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DEMARIO WIGGINS,

Petitioner,

v.

CLARK DUCART,

Respondent.

No. 2:16-cv-1669 KJN P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner at Pelican Bay State Prison, has filed a document styled as 

motion for extension of time to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus. (ECF No. 1.) No other 

pleadings have been filed by the petitioner.

In order to commence an action, petitioner must file a petition for writ of habeas corpus as 

required by Rule 3 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 cases, and petitioner must either pay the 

required filing fee or file an application requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis. See 28 

U.S.C. §§ 1914(a), 1915(a). The court will not issue any orders granting or denying relief until 

an action has been properly commenced. Therefore, petitioner’s motion for an extension of time

is denied without prejudice. Unless petitioner files a petition, and submits an application 

requesting leave to proceed in forma pauperis or submits the appropriate filing fee, this action 

will be dismissed.

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Petitioner is advised that a one year statute of limitations is applicable to all claims 

presented in a federal habeas corpus petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1); see also Mardesich v. 

Cate, 668 F.3d 1164 (9th Cir. 2012) (holding that the one year statute of limitations applied to 

each claim in a habeas petition on an individual basis). Accordingly, petitioner is advised to file 

his federal habeas corpus petition as soon as possible.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s motion for extension of time (ECF No. 1) is denied without prejudice;

2. Within thirty days,1petitioner shall file a petition that complies with the requirements 

of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and the Local 

Rules of Practice; the petition must bear the docket number assigned this case; petitioner must file 

an original and two copies of the petition. 

3. Petitioner shall also submit, within thirty days from the date of this order, the 

application to proceed in forma pauperis on the form provided by the Clerk of Court, or the filing 

fee in the amount of $5.00.

4. Petitioner’s failure to comply with this order will result in a recommendation that this 

matter be dismissed.

5. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the court’s form for filing a 

petition for writ of habeas corpus, and the application to proceed in forma pauperis by a prisoner.

Dated: August 5, 2016

/wigg1669.nopetition

 

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 By setting this deadline, the court makes no finding or representation that the petition is not 

subject to dismissal as untimely. See Sossa v. Diaz, 729 F.3d 1225, 1231-35 (9th Cir. 2015).

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