Allison
Chandale Shannon, Jr. v. Kathleen Allison
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHANDALE SHANNON, JR., No. 2:25-cv-2620 AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE KATHLEEN ALLISON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 and paid the filing fee. After reviewing the petition for habeas corpus, it appears that petitioner has failed to exhaust state court remedies for Claim Four. ECF No. 1 at 5, 9. The petition states that petitioner’s counsel did not present Claim Four on appeal but that “it should be reviewed under the actual innocence exception.” Id. at 5. Review of the California Supreme Court’s docket confirms that petitioner has not filed anything else with that court since his direct appeal. Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires the court to summarily dismiss a habeas petition “[i]f it plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the…