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Parties Involved:
Sione Fakalata
Petitioner
Leland McEwen
Respondent
Larry Small
Respondent

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Leland McEwen, the current warden of the prison where Petitioner is incarcerated, has been

substituted as Respondent pursuant to Rule 25(d) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIONE FAKALATA,

Petitioner,

 v.

LELAND McEWEN, Acting Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 10-00370 SBA (PR)

ORDER GRANTING IN FORMA

PAUPERIS STATUS AND DIRECTING

RESPONDENT TO SHOW CAUSE WHY

THE PETITION SHOULD NOT BE

GRANTED

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis. It does not appear from the

face of the petition that it is without merit. Good cause appearing, the Court hereby issues the

following orders:

1. Petitioner's application to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. 

2. The Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order and the petition and all

attachments thereto upon Respondent and Respondent's attorney, the Attorney General of the State

of California.1

 The Clerk shall also serve a copy of this Order on Petitioner at his current address. 

 3. Respondent shall file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner, within one-hundred

and twenty (120) days of the issuance of this Order, an Answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5

of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not

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be issued. Respondent shall file with the Answer a copy of all portions of the relevant state records

that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a determination of the issues presented

by the petition. 

4. If Petitioner wishes to respond to the Answer, he shall do so by filing a Traverse with

the Court and serving it on Respondent within sixty (60) days of his receipt of the Answer. Should

Petitioner fail to do so, the petition will be deemed submitted and ready for decision sixty (60) days

after the date Petitioner is served with Respondent's Answer. 

5. Respondent may file with this Court and serve upon Petitioner, within sixty (60) days

of the issuance of this Order, a motion to dismiss on procedural grounds in lieu of an Answer, as set

forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. If

Respondent files such a motion, Petitioner shall file with the Court and serve on Respondent an

opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion within sixty (60) days of receipt of the

motion, and Respondent shall file with the Court and serve on Petitioner a reply within fifteen (15)

days of receipt of any opposition.

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

and Respondent informed of any change of address and must comply with the Court's orders in a

timely fashion. Petitioner must also serve on Respondent's counsel all communications with the

Court by mailing a true copy of the document to Respondent's counsel. 

7. Extensions of time are not favored, though reasonable extensions will be granted. 

Any motion for an extension of time must be filed no later than ten (10) days prior to the deadline

sought to be extended.

8. This Order terminates Docket no. 3.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 8/25/10 

SAUNDRA BROWN ARMSTRONG

United States District Judge

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SIONE FAKALATA,

Plaintiff,

 v.

LARRY SMALL et al,

Defendant. /

Case Number: CV10-00370 SBA 

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 August 25, 2010, 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.

Sione Fakalata F-57505

Calipatria State Prison (CSP-CAL)

P.O. Box 5005

Calipatria, CA 92233

Dated: August 25, 2010

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: LISA R CLARK, Deputy Clerk

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