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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL

Case No. 5:25-cv-01263-SRM-SP Date June 11, 2025 Title JAMES BERNARD v. WARDEN

Present: The Sheri Pym, United States Magistrate Judge Honorable Kimberly I. Carter n/a n/a Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder Tape No. Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent: n/a n/a Proceedings: (In Chambers) Order to Show Cause Why Petition Should Not Be Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction Due to Failure to State Cognizable Claim for Habeas Relief On May 22, 2025, petitioner filed what purports to be a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner, a pretrial detainee at the West Valley Detention Center, asserts a number of complaints about conditions at the jail: (1) he suffered a personal injury to his ankle while working, from m which he never fully recovered; (2) he has been worked to the point of exhaustion and passed out; (3) he was exposed to pepper spray without warning and forced to continue to work; and (4) water is turned off for hours, leaving…