Horace Van Vaultz, Jr. v. Tammy L. Campbell

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

11 12 HORACE VAN VAULTZ, JR., Case No. 2:25-cv-01186-FWS-PD 13 Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:

DISMISSAL OF PETITION

v. 15 EDWARD J. SILVA, Acting Warden,1 16 Respondent. 18

20 On February 12, 2025, Petitioner Horace Van Vaultz, Jr., filed a 21 counseled Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The Court issues this Order to Show Cause 23 directed to Petitioner because the Petition appears to be subject to dismissal 24 as partially unexhausted.

27 1 Edward J. Silva is the acting warden of Corcoran State Prison, where Petitioner is housed [see Dkt. No. 1 at 2], and is substituted in under Federal Rule of Civil I. Procedural History and Petitioner’s Contentions In August 2022, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury convicted Petitioner of two counts of murder and found true the special circumstances that he committed one of the murders while engaged in rape and sodomy and committed the second murder while engaged in rape. [See Dkt. No. 1 at 2]; People v.…