Taylor
Darnell J. Taylor v. Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 5 DARNELL J. TAYLOR, Case No. 25-cv-07744-JD
6 Petitioner,
ORDER RE DISMISSAL
v. 7 Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 4 8 CONTRA COSTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S
OFFICE,
9 Respondent.
10 11 Darnell J. Taylor (“Petitioner”) has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus. 12 Petitioner has also requested leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Dkt. Nos. 2, 4. 13 DISCUSSION 14 STANDARD OF REVIEW 15 The Court may consider a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by a person in custody 16 only on the ground that the custody violates the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United 17 States. 28 U.S.C. § 2241(c)(3); 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) (custody pursuant to state court judgment). 18 Habeas corpus petitions must meet heightened pleading requirements. McFarland v. Scott, 512 19 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). An application for a federal writ of habeas corpus filed by a prisoner who is 20 in state custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court must “specify all the grounds for relief 21 available to the…