CDCR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 10 JAMES LEE CROW, ) Case No.: 1:25-cv-00508-SKO (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE TO CASE ) v. ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO ) DISMISS PETITION 14 ) CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF ) [21-DAY OBJECTION DEADLINE]

CORRECTIONS AND REHABILITATION, )

) Respondent. ) )

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is in custody of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (“CDCR”) serving an indeterminate sentence of 18 years plus 75 years-to-life pursuant to a judgment of the Fresno County Superior Court. (Doc. 1 at 1.) In this petition, Petitioner claims his sentence is invalid because the sentencing court wrongfully considered one of his prior convictions to constitute a strike under California’s Three Strikes law. Upon…