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Parties Involved:
Arthur Grady Garner
Petitioner
Yates
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ARTHUR GRADY GARNER, )

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Petitioner, )

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YATES, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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1:10-cv-00646 MJS HC 

ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO

FILE RESPONSE

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO

SERVE DOCUMENTS ON ATTORNEY

GENERAL

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.

The Court has conducted a preliminary review of the Petition. It is not clear from the

face of the Petition whether Petitioner is entitled to relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2243. Accordingly,

pursuant to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases and Rule 16 of the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure, the Court HEREBY ORDERS: 1

The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “apply to proceedings for habeas corpus ... to the extent that the

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practice in those proceedings (A) is not specified in a federal statute, the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases,

or the Rules Governing Section 2255 Cases; and (B) has previously conformed to the practice in civil actions.”

Fed.R.Civ.P. 81(a)(4). Rule 12 also provides “[t]he Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to the extent that they are

not inconsistent with any statutory provisions or these rules, may be applied to a proceeding under these rules.”

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1. Respondent SHALL FILE a RESPONSE to the Petition within SIXTY (60) days of 2

the date of service of this order. See Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases;

Cluchette v. Rushen, 770 F.2d 1469, 1473-1474 (9th Cir. 1985) (court has

discretion to fix time for filing a response). A Response can be made by filing one

of the following: 

A. AN ANSWER addressing the merits of the Petition. Respondent SHALL

INCLUDE with the Answer any and all transcripts or other documents

necessary for the resolution of the issues presented in the Petition. See Rule

5, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. Any argument by Respondent that

Petitioner has procedurally defaulted a claim SHALL BE MADE in the

ANSWER, but must also address the merits of the claim asserted.

B. A MOTION TO DISMISS the Petition. A Motion to Dismiss SHALL INCLUDE

copies of all Petitioner’s state court filings and dispositive rulings. See Rule 5,

Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases.3

2. If Respondent files an Answer to the Petition, Petitioner MAY FILE a Traverse

within THIRTY (30) days of the date Respondent’s Answer is filed with the Court.

If no Traverse is filed, the Petition and Answer are deemed submitted at the

expiration of the thirty days.

3. If Respondent files a Motion to Dismiss, Petitioner SHALL FILE an Opposition or

Statement of Non-Opposition within TWENTY-ONE (21) days of the date

Rule 12, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases.

Respondent is advised that a scanned copy of the Petition is available in the Court’s electronic case filing

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system (“CM/ECF”).

Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides that upon the court’s determination that

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summary dismissal is inappropriate, the “judge must order the respondent to file an answer or other pleading .

. . or to take other action the judge may order .” Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases (emphasis added);

see also Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 and 5 of Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases (stating that a

dismissal may obviate the need for filing an answer on the substantive merits of the petition and that the Attorney

General may file a Motion to Dismiss for failure to exhaust.); W hite v. Lewis , 874 F.2d 599, 60203 (9th Cir. 1989)

(providing that Motions to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 4 are proper in a federal habeas proceeding.)

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Respondent’s Motion is filed with the Court. If no Opposition is filed, the Motion to

Dismiss is deemed submitted at the expiration of the thirty days. Any Reply to an

Opposition to the Motion to Dismiss SHALL be filed within SEVEN (7) days after

the opposition is served.

4. Unless already submitted, both Respondent and Petitioner SHALL COMPLETE

and RETURN to the Court within THIRTY (30) days a Consent/Decline form

indicating whether the party consents or declines to consent to the jurisdiction of

a the United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to Title 28 U.S.C. § 636(c)(1).

5. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to SERVE a copy of this order on the Attorney

General or his representative. 

All motions shall be submitted on the record and briefs filed without oral argument

unless otherwise ordered by the Court. Local Rule 230(l). Extensions of time will only be

granted upon a showing of good cause. All provisions of Local Rule 110 are applicable to this

order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 14, 2010 /s/Michael J. Seng 

92b0h UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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