Winters
Winters v. Sanchez
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 PAUL L. WINTERS, Case No. 23-cv-06093-AMO (PR)
Petitioner,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. DISMISS AND DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
JEFFREY MACOMBER, Secretary of California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”), Respondent.
14 I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner Paul L. Winters, a state parolee who is currently being held at Santa Rita Jail, 16 filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, representing himself. He 17 claims that his parole supervision period has been unlawfully extended. The Court ordered 18 Respondent to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Respondent has filed a motion 19 to dismiss the petition as unexhausted. Winters has filed an opposition in which he argues that 20 Respondent’s filing of the motion to dismiss was improper, and Respondent has filed a reply. 21 Dkts. 9, 10, 11. Winters has also filed an unsolicited sur-reply. Dkt. 12. 22 For the reasons outlined below, the Court GRANTS…