Felipe Manuel Fuentes v. Leanne Lundy

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SOUTHERN DIVISION FELIPE MANUEL FUENTES, ) Case No. 8:25-cv-00420-WLH-JDE ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. ) THE PETITION SHOULD NOT ) LEANNE LUNDY, Warden, ) BE DISMISSED ) ) Respondent. ) 16 I. 17 INTRODUCTION On February 19, 2025,1 Felipe Manuel Fuentes (“Petitioner”), a state 19 prisoner, proceeding pro se and seeking to proceed in forma pauperis, 20 constructively filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State 21 Custody under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, seeking to challenge his 2001 state court 22 conviction in Case No. 01WF1424. Dkt. 1 (“Pet.” or “Petition”).

24 1 Under the “mailbox rule,” “a legal document is deemed filed on the date a petitioner delivers it to the prison authorities for filing by mail.” Lott v. Mueller, 304 F.3d 918, 921 (9th Cir. 2002). Absent evidence to the contrary, courts treat a petition 26 as delivered to prison authorities on the date it is signed. See…