LOR v. DOVEY (E.D.Cal. 8-12-2008)

GER LOR, Petitioner, v. JOHN DOVEY, Respondent.

No. CIV S-08-1277 JAM DAD P.United States District Court, E.D. California.
August 12, 2008

ORDER
DALE DROZD, Magistrate Judge

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In accordance with this court’s June 19, 2008 order, petitioner has also filed an application to proceed in forma pauperis.

Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See28 U.S.C. § 1915(a).

“A petitioner for habeas corpus relief must name the state officer having custody of him or her as the respondent to the petition.” Stanley v. California Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360
(9th Cir. 1994) (citing Rule 2(a), 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254). Petitioner has improperly named John Dovey, whom he identifies as the Director of Corrections, as the respondent in this action. The proper respondent in the usual habeas action is the warden of the institution where

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the petitioner is currently incarcerated.[1] Accordingly, the instant petition must be dismissed with leave to amend. SeeStanley, 21 F.3d at 360.

In accordance with the above, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s July 30, 2008 request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted;

2. Petitioner’s application for writ of habeas corpus is dismissed with leave to file an amended petition within thirty days from the date of this order;

3. Any amended petition must be filed on the form employed by this court, must name the proper respondent, and must state all claims and prayers for relief on the form. It must bear the case number assigned to this action and must bear the title “Amended Petition”; and

4. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send petitioner the form for habeas corpus application.

PETITION UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 2254 FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY

(If petitioner is attacking a judgment which imposed a sentence to be served in the future, petitioner must fill in the name of the state where the judgment was entered. If petitioner seeks to attack a sentence to be served in the future under a federal judgment, petitioner should file a motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
in the federal court that entered the judgment.)

PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY Instructions — Read Carefully

(1) This petition must be legibly handwritten or typewritten and signed by the petitioner
under penalty of perjury. Any false statement of a material fact may serve as the basis for
prosecution and conviction for perjury. All questions must be answered concisely in the
proper space on the form.

(2) Additional pages are not permitted except with respect to the facts which you rely upon to
support your grounds for relief. No citation of authorities need be furnished. If briefs or
oral arguments are submitted, they should be submitted in the form of a separate
memorandum.

(3) Upon receipt of a filing fee of $5.00 your petition will be filed if it is in proper order.

(4) If you do not have the necessary funds for transcripts, counsel, appeal, and other costs
connected with this petition, you may request permission to proceed in forma pauperis, in
which event you must complete and execute the Application to Proceed In Forma
Pauperis by a Prisoner appended to this petition. You must have a prison or jail official
complete the Certification section on the back of the application. If you submit an
incomplete application, your request to proceed in forma pauperis will be denied.

(5) Only judgments entered by one court may be challenged in a single petition. If you seek
to challenge judgments entered by different courts either in the same state or in different
states, you must file separate petitions as to each court.

(6) You must include all grounds for relief and all facts supporting such grounds for relief in
the petition you file seeking relief from any judgment of conviction.

(7) When the petition is fully completed, mail the original and at least two copies to:

Clerk of the U.S. District Court
for the Eastern District of California
501 I Street, Room 4-400
Sacramento, California 95814

(8) Once the petition is filed, the court will review it and decide whether to order service of
the petition on the respondent(s). You will be sent a copy of any order the court issues.
Because of the large volume of cases filed by inmates pending in this court, the court
WILL NOT ANSWER INQUIRIES concerning the status of your petition.

You must keep the Clerk of the Court informed of any change of address. If you fail to
do so, the Clerk cannot be responsible for your failure to receive Court orders. This could
result in the dismissal of your suit.

Please be advised that the court does not provide copies of documents to litigants. Copies
of any volume may be obtained from Attorney’s Diversified Services (ADS): 1424 21st
Street, Sacramento, California 95814. Their phone number is 916-441-4396. We will,
however, provide copies of the dockets at the rate of fifty cents ($0.50) per page. Checks
in the exact amount are made payable to “Clerk, USDC.” In forma pauperis status does
not waive the cost of copies. Therefore you must keep copies of all documents submitted
to the court for your own records.

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AO 241 (Rev. 5/85) PETITION UNDER 28 USC § 2254 FOR WRIT OF
HABEAS CORPUS BY A PERSON IN STATE CUSTODY

United States District Court District

Name Prisoner No. Case No.

Place of Confinement

Name of Petitioner (include name under which convicted) Name of Respondent (authorized person having custody of petitioner)

The Attorney General of the State of:

PETITION

1. Name and location of court which entered the judgment of conviction under attack _____________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2. Date of judgment of conviction _______________________________________________________________________________________________

3. Length of sentence ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4. Nature of offense involved (all counts) ______________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5. What was your plea? (Check one)

(a) Not guilty

(b) Guilty

If you entered a guilty plea to one count or indictment, and a not guilty plea to another count or indictment, give details:
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. If you pleaded not guilty, what kind of trial did you have? (Check one)

(a) Jury

(b) Judge only

7. Did you testify at the trial?

Yes No

8. Did you appeal from the judgment of conviction?

Yes No

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9. If you did appeal, answer the following:

(a) Name of court _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) Result ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) Date of result and citation, if known _____________________________________________________________________________________

(d) Grounds raised ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(e) If you sought further review of the decision on appeal by a higher state court, please answer the following:

(1) Name of court _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(2) Result ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(3) Date of result and citation, if known _________________________________________________________________________________

(4) Grounds raised ________________________________________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(f) If you filed a petition for certiorari in the United States Supreme Court, please answer the following with respect to each
direct appeal:

(1) Name of court _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(3) Date of result and citation, if known _________________________________________________________________________________

10. Other than a direct appeal from the judgment of conviction and sentence, have you previously filed any petitions,
applications, or motions with respect to this judgment in any court, state or federal?
Yes No

11. If your answer to 10 was “yes,” give the following
information:

(a)(1) Name of court ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(2) Nature of proceeding _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application or motion?

Yes No

(5) Result _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(6) Date of result _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) As to any second petition, application or motion give the same information:

(1) Name of court __________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(2) Nature of proceeding ___________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(3) Grounds raised _________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(4) Did you receive an evidentiary hearing on your petition, application or motion?

Yes No

(5) Result _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(6) Date of result _________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) Did you appeal to the highest state court having jurisdiction the result of action taken on any petition, application or
motion?

(1) First petition, etc. Yes No

(2) Second petition, Yes No

(d) If you did not appeal from the adverse action on any petition, application or motion, explain briefly why you did not:

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

12. State concisely every ground on which you claim that you are being held unlawfully. Summarize briefly the facts
supporting each ground. If necessary, you may attach pages stating additional grounds and facts supporting same.

CAUTION: In order to proceed in the federal court, you must ordinarily first exhaust your available state court
remedies as to each ground on which you request action by the federal court. If you fail to set forth all grounds in this
petition, you may be barred from presenting additional grounds at a later date.

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For your information, the following is a list of the most frequently raised grounds for relief in habeas corpus
proceedings. Each statement preceded by a letter constitutes a separate ground for possible relief. You may raise any
grounds which you may have other than those listed if you have exhausted your state court remedies with respect to them.
However, you should raise in this petition all available grounds (relating to this conviction) on which you base your
allegations that you are being held in custody unlawfully.

Do not check any of these listed grounds. If you select one or more of these grounds for relief, you must allege facts. The
petition will be returned to you if you merely check (a) through (j) or any one of these grounds.

(a) Conviction obtained by plea of guilty which was unlawfully induced or not made voluntarily with understanding of the
nature of the charge and the consequences of the plea.

(b) Conviction obtained by use of coerced confession.

(d) Conviction obtained by use of evidence obtained pursuant to an unlawful arrest.

(e) Conviction obtained by a violation of the privilege against self-incrimination.

(f) Conviction obtained by the unconstitutional failure of the prosecution to disclose to the defendant evidence favorable to
the defendant

(g) Conviction obtained by a violation of the protection against double jeopardy.

(h) Conviction obtained by action of a grand or petit jury which was unconstitutionally selected and impaneled.

(i) Denial of effective assistance of counsel.

(j) Denial of right of appeal.

A. Ground one: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Supporting FACTS (state briefly without citing cases or law) _________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

B. Ground two: _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Supporting FACTS (state briefly without citing cases or law): ________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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C. Ground three: _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

D. Ground four: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

13. If any of the grounds listed in 12A, B, C, and D were not previously presented in any other court, state or federal, state briefly
what grounds were not so presented, and give your reasons for not presenting them: _____________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

14. Do you have any petition or appeal now pending in any court, either state or federal, as to the judgment under attack?
Yes No

15. Give the name and address, if known, of each attorney who represented you in the following stages of the judgment attacked
herein:

(a) At preliminary hearing _____________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) At arraignment and plea ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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(c) At trial ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(d) At sentencing ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(e) On appeal __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(f) In any post-conviction proceeding __________________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(g) On appeal from any adverse ruling in a post-conviction proceeding __________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. Were you sentenced on more than one count of an indictment, or on more than one indictment, in the same court and at the
same time?

Yes No

17. Do you have any future sentence to serve after you complete the sentence imposed by the judgment under attack?

Yes No

(a) If so, give name and location of court which imposed sentence to be served in the future: __________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(b) Give date and length of the above sentence: ________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

(c) Have you filed, or do you contemplate filing, any petition attacking the judgment which imposed the sentence to be
served in the future?
Yes No

Wherefore, petitioner prays that the Court grant petitioner relief to which he may be entitled in this proceeding.

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Signature of Attorney (if any)

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed

____________________________
(date)

[1] Ken Clark is the Warden at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility.

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