Opinion ID: 787651
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Heading: Second Round of State Habeas Petitions

Text: 7 Chavis filed a second habeas petition in Superior Court on December 15, 1998. On January 5, 1999, the Superior Court ordered the petition not filed because Chavis, a pro se prisoner, had not filled out the habeas form in accordance with court procedures. On January 25, 1999, Chavis refiled his habeas petition with the Superior Court in the proper format, and it was denied on February 24, 1999. The Superior Court held that the successive petition was barred for procedural reasons because it was presented in a piecemeal manner. In re Chavis, No. 99F00573 at  (Sacramento Super. Ct., Feb. 24, 1999) (citing In re Clark, 5 Cal.4th 750, 774, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 509, 855 P.2d 729 (1993)). It also held that the claims were not presented with due diligence because seven years passed between Chavis's conviction and the second petition. Id. (citing In re Robbins, 18 Cal.4th 770, 780, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 153, 959 P.2d 311 (1998)). 8 Chavis filed a second petition in the California Supreme Court on December 17, 1999. That petition was summarily denied with citations to Clark, 5 Cal.4th 750, 21 Cal.Rptr.2d 509, 855 P.2d 729, Robbins, 18 Cal.4th 770, 77 Cal.Rptr.2d 153, 959 P.2d 311, and Ex parte Dixon, 41 Cal.2d 756, 759, 264 P.2d 513 (1953). The denial became final on April 28, 2000.