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Parties Involved:
Luis Miguel Gonzalez
Petitioner
Michael Sexton
Respondent

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LUIS MIGUEL GONZALEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

MICHAEL SEXTON,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:18-cv-00039-DAD-JDP

ORDER DIRECTING EXPANSION OF THE 

RECORD

ORDER SETTING BRIEFING SCHEDULE

Petitioner Luis Miguel Gonzalez, a state prisoner, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 

U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. On March 4, 2019, this court denied respondent’s motion to dismiss 

the petition as time-barred. ECF No. 23. Petitioner then moved for leave to conduct discovery. 

ECF No. 18 at 38-40. We granted petitioner’s motion and appointed counsel for petitioner for the 

limited purposes of obtaining discovery. ECF No. 24. Specifically, petitioner sought a copy of 

the case file relating to his state appellate case that was maintained by his previous counsel. See 

id. at 1. On January 6, 2020, a copy of petitioner’s state appellate case file was delivered to this 

court and subsequently given to petitioner’s counsel. Now that the limited scope discovery has 

been completed in this case, we will allow petitioner to file an amended petition and order 

respondent to file an answer to the amended petition.

The amended petition will supersede the original petition, Lacey v. Maricopa County, 693 

F. 3d 896, 907 n.1 (9th Cir. 2012) (en banc), and the amended petition must be complete on its 

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face without reference to the prior, superseded petition, see E.D. Cal. Local Rule 220. Petitioner 

may not change the nature of his petition by adding new, unrelated claims. See George v. Smith, 

507 F.3d 605, 607 (7th Cir. 2007). Once an amended petition is filed, the original petition no 

longer serves any function. Therefore, in an amended petition, as in an original petition, 

petitioner must assert each claim in sufficient detail. The amended petition should be titled “First 

Amended Petition” and refer to the appropriate case number. 

Additionally, this court may “direct the parties to expand the record by submitting 

additional materials” related to the petition. Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, rule 7(a). We 

must then “give the party against whom the additional materials are offered an opportunity to 

admit or deny their correctness.” Id. at 7(c). To the extent petitioner wishes to have any of the 

documents obtained through discovery considered part of the record of this case, he should file

these documents. Respondent may then admit or deny the correctness of these documents.

Order

1. Within sixty days of the date of service of this order, petitioner may file an 

amended petition and any documents obtained through discovery which are 

necessary for resolving the issues presented in the amended petition.

2. Within thirty days of petitioner’s filing of supplemental pleadings, respondent 

must file an answer to the amended petition addressing the merits. Respondent 

may admit or deny the correctness of any additional documents submitted by 

petitioner in support of his amended petition.

3. Within sixty days of the date of service of this order, respondent must file all 

transcripts and other documents necessary for resolving the issues presented in the 

petition. See Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, Rule 5(c). 

4. Petitioner may file a traverse within thirty days of the date of service of 

respondent’s answer. If no traverse is filed within thirty days, the amended 

petition and answer are deemed submitted.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2020 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

No. 206.

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