(HC) Craig v. Black

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NORMAN JOHN CRAIG, No. 2:22-cv-00200 AC Petitioner, v. ORDER AND CINDY BLACK, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondents. 16 Petitioner, a state pretrial detainee proceeding without counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. He has paid the filing fee. Under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, the court must review all petitions for writ of habeas corpus and summarily dismiss any petition if it is plain that the petitioner is not entitled to relief. The court has conducted that review and recommends summarily dismissing petitioner’s § 2241 application without prejudice based on the Younger abstention doctrine. Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). ///// ////

Rule 1(b) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases further provides that this court may “apply any or all of these rules” to any habeas petition. Therefore, this court…