3:11-cv-00230 | N.D. Cal. | Feb 17, 2011
Case 3:11-cv-00230-WHA Document 3 Filed 02/17/11 Page 1 of 1
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA MAURICE DAVIS, No. C 11-0230 WHA (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL; GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS vs. JAMES A. YATES,
Respondent. (Docket No. 2) / Petitioner, a state prisoner currently proceeding pro se, has filed a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2254. This petition challenges the same state court conviction as his prior petition, which was dismissed as untimely. See Davis v. Cambra , No. C 00-1430 MHP (PR) (N.D.Cal. Jan. 18, 2001). A second or successive petition may not be filed in this court unless petitioner first obtains from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit an order authorizing this Court to consider the petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Petitioner has not sought or obtained such an order from the Ninth Circuit. The petition is accordingly D ISMISSED without prejudice to refiling if petitioner obtains the necessary order. The application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (docket number 2) is G RANTED .
The clerk shall enter judgment and close the file. IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: February 14 , 2011. W ILLIAM A LSUP U NITED S TATES D ISTRICT J UDGE G:\PRO-SE\WHA\HC.11\DAVIS0230.DSM.wpd