Schultz

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 ROBERT RANDOLPH, Case No. 25-cv-02895-JD

6 Petitioner,

ORDER REOPENING CASE AND RE

7 v. DISMISSAL

8 J. SCHULTZ, Respondent. 9

10 11 Robert Randolph, a state prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus 12 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The case was dismissed without prejudice when petitioner failed to 13 pay the filing fee or submit a complete application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. 14 Petitioner has now paid the filing fee. The case is reopened, and the Court will review the 15 petition. Petitioner was convicted in Sonoma County, which is in this district, so venue is proper 16 here. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 17 BACKGROUND 18 A jury found petitioner guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of attempted 19 murder, and several special circumstances and sentencing enhancements. People v. Randolph, No. 20 A166813, 2024 WL 4159151, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Sep. 11, 2024). He was sentenced to life 21 …