If the COA issues, the appeal proceeds as a pro se civil appeal. Upon docketing the Notice of Appeal, the Clerk will mail to appellant those instructions, related forms, and sample documents. The motion must be made on a form this Court has authorized for this purpose.
There is one form for challenging a state court conviction or sentence and a separate form for challenging a federal court conviction or sentence. The forms are posted on this Court's website. No fee is charged for filing the motion in this Court. The motion must be decided within 30 days after it is filed with this Court. If this Court grants the motion, the prisoner may file the second or successive motion or petition in the district court.
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If you are granted a hearing, both you and the opposing party will have the opportunity to present evidence. At the end of the hearing, the court will decide whether or not to grant you the request made in your habeas petition.
If the court did not order a hearing, then it has 30 days after you filed your Denial to decide whether or not to grant your petition. If the respondent does appeal, your case will next be heard by the Court of Appeal. If the Superior Court denies your appeal, you to not have the right to appeal. But, you can, however, file a new appeal with the Court of Appeal, following the same process as discussed above.
If the Court of Appeal denies your petition, you can ask the California Supreme Court to her your case. You can do this by filing a petition for review with the California Supreme Court. If you file a petition for review, the entire record from your appeal in the Court of Appeal will be send to the Supreme Court. You also have the option of filing a new petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Supreme Court—filing a new petition will start the process over again, and the record from your appeal at the Court of Appeal will not be included in your petition.
If an error regarding the selection of the respondent resulted in filing the petition in the wrong court, the habeas petition should be transferred to the correct court rather than be dismissed.
To initiate the habeas proceeding, it is best to obtain the standard forms from the district court in which the petition will ultimately be filed. The state prisoner should request the standard forms for filing a 28 U. If the petitioner is indigent, forms to proceed as a pauper should also be requested. Once the petition and all associated paperwork is properly filled out, the petitioner will will generally be submitting the following documentation to the court:.
When the standard petition form is filled out, it is important to write plainly and to tell the facts which entitle the petitioner to relief. The petition should present all plausible claims. While not always required, the petitioner should provide copies of the record which is referenced and cite to legal authority.
The petition will also likely contain:. A petition can be dismissed by the court if it appears that habeas law does not provide relief even assuming the claims are true or the petition was not filed within the one year time requirement.
If the judge decides, assuming there is truth to the claims, the petition may have merit, the court will require the respondent to file an answer to the claims. A habeas court is required to assume the facts as determined by the state court are true. However, after briefing is complete, the habeas court could choose to hold an evidentiary hearing on facts that were not fully developed in state court.
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