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Parties Involved:
Scott Frauenheim
Respondent
James Edward King
Petitioner

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMES EDWARD KING

(CDCR # J-74101),

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 14-5267 SI (pr)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

LEAVE TO FILE FIRST AMENDED

PETITION 

After this matter was fully briefed, a motion for leave to file a first amended petition was

filed on petitioner’s behalf by his mother, Lillian King, purporting to sign as attorney-in-fact for

petitioner. A non-attorney may not sign documents on behalf of a petitioner. “Every pleading,

written motion, and other paper must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the

attorney’s name–or by a party personally if the party is unrepresented.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 11(a).

Due to the liberty interest at stake in a habeas petition, and the procedural rules that generally

give a petitioner only one chance at federal habeas relief, it is particularly important that the

petitioner sign all his filings. According, the motion for leave to file a first amended petition and

for a stay is DENIED. (Docket # 22.) If petitioner wants to file any motion, he needs to sign

it himself.

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Respondent’s second motion for an extension of time to file an answer is GRANTED.

(Docket # 17.) The answer filed on June 26, 2015 and the traverse filed on July 30, 2015 are

deemed to have been timely filed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: September 28, 2015 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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