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Manning v. McEwen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Feb 13, 2013
Civil No. 12-2803 GPC (JMA) (S.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 2013)

Opinion

Civil No. 12-2803 GPC (JMA)

02-13-2013

TRAVIS MANNING, Petitioner, v. L.S. MCEWEN, Warden, Respondent.


ORDER:


(1) DISMISSING CASE WITHOUT

PREJUDICE


(2) DENYING MOTION FOR STAY

AS MOOT


(3) DENYING MOTION FOR LEAVE

TO PROCEED IN FORMA

PAUPERIS AS MOOT

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has submitted a document wherein he requests a stay of federal proceedings in order to exhaust his state court remedies. He also requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis.

FAILURE TO FILE PETITION

Petitioner has not filed a Petition for writ of habeas corpus in this action. Therefore, unless Petitioner is a capital prisoner, he has not initiated habeas proceedings in this Court. Calderon (Nicolaus) v. United States District Court, 98 F.3d 1102, 1107 n. 3 (9th Cir. 1996) ("Unlike non-capital prisoner who initiate habeas proceedings by filing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, capital prisoners commence federal habeas proceedings by filing a request for appointment of counsel."); McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849 (1994). Petitioner does not contend that he is a capital prisoner, that is, a prisoner under sentence of death, and there is nothing in the documents he has submitted which indicates that he is a capital prisoner. If Petitioner wishes to proceed with a habeas action in this Court he must (as is the case with all non-capital prisoners) file a petition for writ of habeas corpus, which will be given a separate civil case number. However, if Petitioner is in fact a capital prisoner, he may request the Court to re-open this action in order to permit him to file a Petition under the civil case number assigned to this action.

Further, the Court cautions Petitioner that a one-year period of limitation applies to a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court. The limitation period begins to run on the latest of:

(A) the date on which the judgment became final by the conclusion of direct review or the expiration of the time for seeking such review;
(B) the date on which the impediment to filing an application created by State action in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States is removed, if the applicant was prevented from filing by such State action;
(C) the date on which the constitutional right asserted was initially recognized by the Supreme Court, if the right has been newly recognized by the Supreme Court and made retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review; or
(D) the date on which the factual predicate of the claim or claims presented could have been discovered through the exercise of due diligence.
28 U.S.C.A. § 2244(d)(1)(A)-(D) (West 2006). If the federal petition is filed after the statute of limitations has run, the petition will be summarily dismissed.

The statute of limitations does not run while a properly filed state habeas corpus petition is pending. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2); see Nino v. Galaza, 183 F.3d 1003, 1006 (9th Cir. 1999). But see Artuz v. Bennett, 531 U.S. 4, 8 (2000) (holding that "an application is 'properly filed' when its delivery and acceptance [by the appropriate court officer for placement into the record] are in compliance with the applicable laws and rules governing filings."). However, the filing of a federal habeas petition does not toll the statute of limitations. Duncan v. Walker, 533 U.S. 167, 181-82 (2001).

CONCLUSION AND ORDER

This action is DISMISSED without prejudice because Petitioner has not filed a Petition and has therefore failed to initiate federal habeas proceedings in this action. Accordingly, the requests to a stay of proceedings and to proceed in forma pauperis are DENIED as moot. The Clerk of Court shall send Petitioner a blank Southern District of California habeas petition form and blank in forma pauperis application along with a copy of this Order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

________________________

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Manning v. McEwen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
Feb 13, 2013
Civil No. 12-2803 GPC (JMA) (S.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 2013)
Case details for

Manning v. McEwen

Case Details

Full title:TRAVIS MANNING, Petitioner, v. L.S. MCEWEN, Warden, Respondent.

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Date published: Feb 13, 2013

Citations

Civil No. 12-2803 GPC (JMA) (S.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 2013)