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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SANG LIM JI, Case No. 24-cv-04176-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v.

TRAVIS PENNINGTON, Defendant.

12 Petitioner, an inmate at California Institution for Men, has filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his 2020 conviction for first-degree murder in San Benito County Superior Court. Dkt. No. 1 at 5. His petition is now before the Court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review This court may entertain a petition for 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); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19,…