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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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11 SHANNON SECREASE, No. 2:13-cv-1565 DAD SCR P
12 Petitioner,
13 v. ORDER
14 RANDY GROUNDS, et al.,
15 Respondents.
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17 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding through counsel with a petition for a writ of
18 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. With his petition, petitioner filed a motion to stay
19 these proceedings to permit him to exhaust state remedies. On July 30, 2013, the court found the
20 petition successive, denied the motion to stay as moot, and stayed this action to permit petitioner
21 to seek leave from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b) to proceed.
22 (ECF No. 4.) Petitioner was ordered to file a motion to lift the stay within ten days of the Ninth
23 Circuit’s grant of leave to do so.
24 On October 30, 2015, the court ordered petitioner to inform the court about the status of
25 his request to the Ninth Circuit and whether petitioner wished to proceed with this action. (ECF
26 No. 7.) In his November 3, 2015 response, petitioner stated that he wished to proceed with this
27 action and asked the court to continue the stay to permit him to continue to exhaust his state
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1 remedies. (ECF No. 8.) Petitioner did not explain whether or not he had sought leave from the
2 Ninth Circuit to proceed with this successive petition.
3 Petitioner has also filed a motion to substitute counsel. (ECF No. 11.) Pursuant to Local
4 Rule 182(g), that request will be granted.
5 Except for the motion to substitute counsel, petitioner has not filed anything since his
6 November 2015 response to the court’s October 2015 order.
7 Before a petitioner files a successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus, they “shall move
8 in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the district court to consider the
9 application.” 28 U.S.C. §2244(b)(3)(A). A district court lacks jurisdiction to entertain a second
10 or successive petition until petitioner receives authorization from the court of appeals. Burton v.
11 Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 157 (2007). “If the petition is second or successive, then the district court
12 lacks jurisdiction and must dismiss the petition unless and until the court of appeals grants an
13 application to file it.” Brown v. Muniz, 889 F.3d 661, 667 (9th Cir. 2018).
14 District courts in this circuit have held that they lack jurisdiction to even stay a successive
15 petition prior to an order from the Court of Appeals permitting the petitioner to file the petition.
16 See Steele v. Koenig, No. ED CV 21-864 ODW (MRW), 2021 WL 3603169, at *2 (C.D. Cal.
17 Aug. 13, 2021); Miller v. Fisher, Nos. SACV 16-0286 RGK (SS), SACV 16-0975 RGK (SS),
18 2016 WL 3982333, at *4 (C.D. Cal. July 1, 2016), rep. and reco. adopted, 2016 WL 3982306
19 (C.D. Cal. July 22, 2016); Williamson v. Horel, No. CIV S 07-1866 JAM DAD P, 2008 WL
20 3850806, at *4 n.2 (E.D. Cal. Aug. 15, 2008), rep. and reco. adopted, No. CIV S 07-1866 JAM
21 DAD P (E.D. Cal. Oct. 2, 2008); Cousin v. Ramos, CV-07-1153-PHX-ROS, 2007 WL 3231968,
22 at *3 (D. Ariz. Oct. 31, 2007) (“Although Petitioner requests that the Court stay this matter while
23 he now seeks the proper authorization from the Ninth Circuit, Petitioner was statutorily required
24 to take this step before filing his petition in this Court and he is not entitled to a stay because the
25 Court lacks jurisdiction over this action.”).
26 Petitioner in the present case has failed to show that he obtained permission from the
27 Ninth Circuit to proceed with this successive habeas petition. Petitioner will be ordered to show
28 cause why this case should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
] For the foregoing reasons, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
2 1. Petitioner’s request to substitute counsel (ECF No. 11) is approved. The Clerk of the
3 Court is directed to amend the docket to reflect that attorney Charles Carbone is
4 substituted as sole counsel for petitioner.
5 2. Within thirty days of the date of this order, petitioner shall show cause why this case
6 should not be dismissed for lack of Jurisdiction.
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SEAN C. RIORDAN
1 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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