Ballester

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ELEANOR LECLAIR BALLESTER, Case No.: 25cv568-LL-MSB

Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION

v.

MAUREEN FRANCIS HALLAHAN, et al., 15 Respondents. 16 17 18 On March 10, 2025, Petitioner Eleanor LeClair Ballester, proceeding pro se, filed a document styled “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241” (“Petition”). ECF No. 1. Petitioner claims that the bench warrant “under which she is pursued is constitutionally and lawfully void” and seeks an order “quashing” the warrant and declaring “the warrant and court actions for case SCD302834 and CD302834 against Petitioner null and void.” Id. at 2, 4. The Court notes that this Petition is similar to a petition filed by Ms. Ballester in Ballester v. Martinez, et al., which the Court dismissed pursuant to Younger abstension and lack of exhaustion. Order Granting Respondents’ Motion to Dismiss, Ballester v. Martinez, et al., Case No. 24cv1738-LL-JLB (S.D. Cal. April 28, 2025). Both petitions seek…