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Parties Involved:
Stu Sherman
Respondent
Ricardo Velasquez
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

The petition filed in this case raises seven claims for relief. (Doc. 2). The Court stayed the 

action, at the petitioner’s request, to allow him to exhaust the six unexhausted claims. (Doc. 3). On 

March 2, 2016, Petitioner’s counsel filed a motion to lift the stay because all issues had finally been 

exhausted in state court. (Doc. 13). Because the unexhausted issues in the petition are now exhausted, 

the Court will life the stay and order Respondent to file a response. 

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,1the 

 

1The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure “apply to proceedings for habeas corpus ... to the extent that the practice in those 

RICARDO VELASQUEZ,

 Petitioner,

v.

STU SHERMAN, Warden,

Respondents.

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Case No.: 1:15-cv-01288-JLT

ORDER GRANTING PETITIONER’S MOTION TO 

LIFT STAY (Doc. 13)

ORDER REQUIRING RESPONDENT TO FILE A 

RESPONSE

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE 

ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO 

SERVE DOCUMENTS ON ATTORNEY 

GENERAL

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Court ORDERS:

1. Respondent SHALL file a response to the Petition1 within 60 days of 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.2

2. If Respondent files an answer to the petition, Petitioner may file a traverse within 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 21 days of the date 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 

 

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.” Rule 12, Rules Governing Section 2254 

Cases. 

2 Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases provides that upon the Court’s determination that 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 2254 Cases (emphasis added); see also Advisory Committee Notes to Rules 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); White 

v. Lewis, 874 F.2d 599, 602-603 (9th Cir. 1989)(providing that Motions to Dismiss pursuant to Rule 4 are proper in a 

federal habeas proceeding). 

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SHALL be filed within 7 days after the opposition is served.

4. Unless already submitted, both Respondent and Petitioner SHALL complete and return 

to the Court within 30 days a consent/decline form indicating whether the party 

consents or declines to consent to the jurisdiction of 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 her 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: August 2, 2016 /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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