Russell Lee White v. Raymond Madden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION RUSSELL LEE WHITE, ) Case No. 2:19-cv-08940-SVW-JDE ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ) v. ) ) RAYMOND MADDEN, ) ) Respondent. ) ) ) ) 17 Petitioner Russell Lee White (“Petitioner”) filed a pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition” or “Pet.”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, alleging that California Senate Bill (“SB”) 13911 should be applied retroactively to his case in the California courts and the failure to resentence him violates his due process and equal protection rights. However, the Petition appears to contain one or more unexhausted claims and

1 In 2018, the California Legislature enacted SB 1391, which raises the minimum age at which a juvenile may be tried in criminal court. SB 1391 “eliminates prosecutors’ 26 ability to seek transfer hearings for 14 and 15 year olds, effectively raising the minimum age a child can be tried as an adult…