(HC) Lucas v. Placer County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DAVID LEE LUCAS, No. 2:24-cv-1336 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE PLACER COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al., 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a civil detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, together with an application to proceed in forma pauperis. Examination of the in forma pauperis application reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs of suit. Accordingly, the application to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). I. Background1 In October 2008, eleven days before petitioner’s release date, the Board of Parole Hearings issued a forty-five-day hold on petitioner to facilitate a sexually violent predator (SVP) review by the Department of Mental Health. In re Lucas, 53 Cal.4th 839, 847-48 (2012).

Petitioner has provided little information regarding his commitment. However, the court has been able to identify…