Allen

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MELVIN ALLEN, Case No. 24-cv-00315-KAW

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE;

v. GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS; DENYING

CHARLES SCHUYLER, MOTION TO APPOINT COUNSEL Respondent. ECF 3,

12 Petitioner, a California state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his state conviction in the Alameda County Superior Court. ECF 1. Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. ECF 6. Petitioner’s motion to appoint counsel is denied. ECF 3. DISCUSSION I. Standard of Review This court may entertain a petition for a writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). It shall “award the writ or…