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Parties Involved:
Arturo Faro
Respondent
Gordon H. Gantz
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GORDON H. GANTZ,

Petitioner,

 vs.

ARTURO FARO, ACTING

PROBATION CHIEF, 

Respondent.

 

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No. C 05-2706 JSW (PR)

SECOND ORDER OF DISMISSAL

WITH LEAVE TO AMEND AND

INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CLERK

Petitioner Gordon H. Gantz has filed a habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the constitutional validity of his state conviction. Petitioner

paid the filing fee. Petitioner filed the instant action on July 1, 2005, and the petition was

dismissed by the Court with leave to amend for failure to allege a proper Respondent on

November 28, 2005. Thereafter, on November 30, 2005, Petitioner filed an amended

petition, naming the acting chief of probation, Arturo Faro, as Respondent in this action. 

As such, the Clerk is directed to substitute Faro as Respondent in this action. 

However, the amended petition failed to include any claims as grounds for relief,

instead simply stating “original filing 7-1-05" at the bottom of the Court’s habeas petition

form.

As this Court informed Petitioner in the original order of dismissal with leave to

amend,

[b]ecause an amended petition completely replaces the original, Petitioner

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must include in it all the claims he wishes to present. See Ferdik v.

Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 321

(1992). Petitioner may not incorporate material from the original petition

by reference. Failure to file an amended petition by the deadline as set

forth above will result in dismissal of this action.

In the amended petition, Petitioner failed to raise any claims as grounds for relief. 

Accordingly, the amended petition for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed with leave to

amend. The second amended petition must be filed no later than thirty (30) days from

the date of this order. Failure file an amended petition raising proper claims by the

deadline will result in the dismissal of this action.

CONCLUSION 

For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown:

1. This action is dismissed with leave to file a second amended petition within

thirty (30) days of the date of this order in which Petitioner presents only claims for

violations of his rights under the laws, treaties, or Constitution of the United States. 

Petitioner must notify the Court in his petition whether each such claim has been

presented to the California Supreme Court. The amended petition must name the

appropriate respondents to the petition. The amended petition must contain the caption

and civil case number used in this order and the words SECOND AMENDED

PETITION on the first page. Because an amended petition completely replaces the

original, Petitioner must include in it all the claims he wishes to present. See Ferdik v.

Bonzelet, 963 F.2d 1258, 1262 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 321 (1992). Petitioner

may not incorporate material from the original petition by reference. Failure to file an

amended petition by the deadline as set forth above will result in dismissal of this action.

2. It is Petitioner's responsibility to prosecute this case. He must keep the Court

informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper with the clerk headed

“Notice of Change of Address.” He must comply with any orders of the Court within the

time allowed, or ask for an extension of that time. Failure to do so may result in the

dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil

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Procedure 41(b).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 21, 2007 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GANTZ,

Plaintiff,

 v.

THE PEOPLE et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV05-02706 JSW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on May 21, 2007, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing said

copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by depositing

said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery

receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Gordon H. Gantz

41 Sutter Street # 1853

San Francisco, CA 94104-4905

Dated: May 21, 2007

Richard W. Winking, Clerk

By: Jennifer Ottolini, Deputy Clerk

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