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Parties Involved:
Randy Grounds
Respondent
Rodrigo Vasquez Hernandez
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

Northern District of California

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RODRIGO VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

RANDY GROUNDS,

Respondent.

Case No. 15-cv-03279-TEH 

ORDER GRANTING REQUEST FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME

On July 21, 2015, this Court ordered Petitioner Rodrigo Vasquez Hernandez to 

show cause on or before July 31, 2015, as to why this case should not be dismissed as an 

improperly filed successive petition for writ of habeas corpus. On July 27, 2015, 

Petitioner acknowledged that this is a successive petition and that he had not received 

permission to file it from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He 

seeks a 45-day extension of time to respond to the order to show cause so that he has time 

to request leave to file the petition from the Ninth Circuit.

It is not clear to the Court whether such post hoc permission would satisfy the 

statutory requirements: “Before a second or successive application [for habeas relief] is 

filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an 

order authorizing the district court to consider the application.” 28 U.S.C. § 2244(3)(A)

(emphasis added). Petitioner has already filed the petition without permission, and the 

statute appears to require dismissal of this case subject to re-filing if Petitioner 

subsequently receives an order from the Ninth Circuit.

However, out of an abundance of caution, the Court hereby GRANTS Petitioner’s 

requested extension of time. Petitioner shall show cause on or before September 15, 

2015, as to why this case should not be dismissed. In his response, Petitioner shall include 

authority to support the proposition that authorization to file a successive petition may be 

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obtained from the court of appeals after the petition has already been filed in the district 

court.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 07/29/15 _____________________________________

THELTON E. HENDERSON

United States District Judge

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