Rios v. Frauenheim ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 ULYSSES ALEXANDER RIOS, Case No. 15-cv-01357 BLF (PR) Petitioner, 12 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO REOPEN ACTION; LIFTING STAY; v. 13 D SHIR OE WC T CI AN UG S R EE SPONDENT TO 14 S. FRAUENHEIM, Warden, 15 Respondent. (Docket No. 35) 16 17 18 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 19 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction out of Santa Clara County. The 20 Court denied Respondent’s motion to dismiss and granted Petitioner’s motion to stay the 21 instant action under Kelly v. v. Small, 315 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2003), while he exhausted an 22 unexhausted claim regarding ineffective assistance of appellate counsel. (Docket Nos. 21, 23 29.) Petitioner was directed to notify the Court within twenty-eight days of the California 24 Supreme Court’s decision denying him relief to reopen this action by filing a motion to 25 reopen this action. (Docket No. 29 at 2.) 26 Petitioner has filed a motion to reopen this action and a second amended petition. 27 (Docket No. 35.) Good cause appearing, the motion will be granted and the stay lifted. 1 2 Petitioner also requests an evidentiary hearing, (id. at 1), which is DENIED as premature. 3 Petitioner asserts the following claims for federal habeas relief: (1) ineffective 4 assistance of counsel; and (2) ineffective assistance by appellate counsel. (Docket No. 35 5 at 5-6.) Liberally construed, these claims are cognizable and merit an answer from 6 Respondent. 7 8 CONCLUSION 9 For the foregoing reasons and for good cause shown, 10 1. Good cause appearing, Petitioner’s motion to reopen this action is 11 GRANTED. (Docket No. 35.) The stay is hereby LIFTED. The Clerk shall reopen the 12 case. 13 2. Respondent shall file with the court and serve on Petitioner, within sixty (60) 14 days of the issuance of this order, an answer conforming in all respects to Rule 5 of the 15 Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, showing cause why a writ of habeas corpus should 16 not be issued based on claim presented in the second amended petition. (Docket No. 35.) 17 Respondent shall file with the answer and serve on Petitioner a copy of all portions of the 18 state trial record that have been transcribed previously and that are relevant to a 19 determination of the issues presented by the petition. 20 If Petitioner wishes to respond to the answer, he shall do so by filing a traverse with 21 the Court and serving it on Respondent within thirty (30) days of his receipt of the 22 answer. 23 3. Respondent may file a motion to dismiss on procedural grounds in lieu of an 24 answer, as set forth in the Advisory Committee Notes to Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 25 Section 2254 Cases. If Respondent files such a motion, Petitioner shall file with the Court 26 and serve on Respondent an opposition or statement of non-opposition within twenty- 27 eight (28) days of receipt of the motion, and Respondent shall file with the court and serve 1 2 || on Petitioner a reply within fourteen (14) days of receipt of any opposition. 3 4. It is Petitioner’s responsibility to prosecute this case. Petitioner is reminded 4 || that all communications with the Court must be served on Respondent by mailing a true 5 || copy of the document to Respondent’s counsel. Petitioner must keep the Court and all 6 || parties informed of any change of address by filing a separate paper captioned “Notice of 7 || Change of Address.” He must comply with the Court’s orders in a timely fashion. Failure 8 |] to do so may result in the dismissal of this action for failure to prosecute pursuant to 9 |) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(b). 10 This order terminates Docket No. 35. 11 IT IS SO ORDERED. 12 DATED: March 6, 2020 he oN hh | once) 13 BETH LABSON FREEMAN United States District Judge v 14 15 16 17 Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Order Granting Motion to Reopen; Lifting Stay; OSC P:\PRO-SE\BLF\HC. 15\01357Rios_reopen&osc.docx 26 27 28