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Timestamp: 2019-04-22 09:11:25+00:00

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RICHARD LOUIS ARNOLD PHILLIPS, Petitioner - Appellant, v. DAVE DAVEY, Warden, Respondent - Appellee.
RICHARD LOUIS ARNOLD PHILLIPS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. DAVE DAVEY, Warden, Respondent.
Before: WALLACE and GRABER, Circuit Judges, and LYNN,*** Chief District Judge.
Petitioner Richard Phillips appeals from the district court's order dismissing his habeas corpus petition and declining to issue a certificate of appealability (Case Number 15-16361). He also requests permission to file a second or successive habeas petition if we affirm the district court's order (Case Number 15-72096). We review de novo the district court's order concluding that Phillips's habeas petition is second or successive. United States v. Lopez, 577 F.3d 1053, 1059 (9th Cir. 2009). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253. We affirm the district court's order and deny Phillips's request to file a second or successive habeas petition.
Because Phillips's petition is correctly characterized as a § 2254 petition, the statute governing second or successive provisions applies. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a). Phillips has previously challenged his convictions on habeas, so his current petition is second or successive. Id. Given that, Phillips was required to obtain our permission before filing the petition, which he did not do. Id. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Thus, the district court was required to dismiss the petition. Id. § 2244(b)(4).
Phillips argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Magwood v. Patterson, 561 U.S. 320 (2010), and our decisions in Harrison v. Gillespie, 640 F.3d 888 (9th Cir. 2011) (en banc), and Wentzell v. Neven, 674 F.3d 1124 (9th Cir. 2012), allow him to relitigate the claims he made in his earlier habeas petitions. But we have no need to decide that issue here because currently there is no amended judgment in this case and thus the cases Phillips cites are inapposite.
Finally, Phillips requests leave to file his second or successive petition. We deny his request because he has not carried his statutory burden. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(C).

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