(HC) Bond v. Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM ANTHONY BOND, Case No. 2:24-cv-1598-JDP (P) Petitioner, v. ORDER SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, an inmate at the Rio Consumnes Correctional Center, brings this action under section 2254. ECF No. 1. He raises two sets of claims. The first relate to the validity of a plea deal he entered. Petitioner claims that he would not have entered the deal but for misrepresentations made by his attorney. Id. at 3-6. He does not allege that he has exhausted these claims regarding the validity of his plea by presenting them to the California Supreme Court, however. He also alleges that the terms of his probation were unreasonable. Id. at 6-8. These allegations sound in state law and do not raise a federal claim. I will dismiss the current petition with leave to amend so that petitioner may address these deficiencies. The petition is before me for preliminary review under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing 27 …