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Parties Involved:
D. Adams
Respondent
Jose Alfredo Soto
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Eastern District of California 

Jose Alfredo Soto,

Petitioner, No. Civ. S 04-2122 MCE PAN P

vs. Order

D. Adams,

Respondent.

-oOoJune 2, 2005, the court found petitioner’s habeas

application contained both exhausted and unexhausted claims and

gave him 60 days to file an amended petition containing only

exhausted claims and a motion to hold this matter in abeyance.

July 25, 2005, petitioner filed an amended petition and a

motion to hold this action in abeyance but a different prisoner

purports to represent petitioner on the motion. 

A party appearing pro se may not delegate his appearance to 

any other person. L.R. 83-183(a). Only an attorney admitted to 

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practice in this court who has appeared on petitioner’s behalf

may represent petitioner and accept service of papers for him. 

L.R. 5-137(b), 83-180(a), 83-182(a). Petitioner makes no showing

his “jailhouse lawyer” satisfies these requirements. 

Accordingly, petitioner’s July 25, 2005, motion is denied

without prejudice to petitioner filing a motion to stay this

action within 30 days of the date this order is signed. 

So ordered.

Dated: November 22, 2005. 

 /s/ Peter A. Nowinski 

 PETER A. NOWINSKI

 Magistrate Judge

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