Patton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BILLY PATTON, Case No. 23-cv-00012-JSC

Petitioner,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v.

STIRLING PRICE, Respondent.

Petitioner, a California prisoner proceeding without an attorney, filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. As explained in the order to show cause dated June 17, 2024:

On March 4 and March 22, 2024, scheduling orders were mailed to Petitioner with the prisoner number and address at Atascadero State Hospital (“ASH”) he provided to the Court in his petition and subsequent papers.[] (ECF Nos. 20, 22.) The orders were returned to the court by the postal service on March 11 and April [1], 2024, respectively, because the mail could not be delivered to Plaintiff at the address he provided. (ECF No[s]. 23, [25.]) Petitioner has not filed an opposition to Respondent’s motion to dismiss (ECF No. 26); nor has he made contact with the Court in more than eight months. Respondent’s attorney has…