Douglas Samuel Jessop v. People of the State of California

I. INTRODUCTION

19 On October 24, 2025, in the Northern District of California, Petitioner 20 Douglas Samuel Jessop filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus under 28 U.S.C. 21 § 2241 (“Petition”) challenging ongoing proceedings in Los Angeles County 22 Superior Court Case No. 25CJCF03077 (“State Case”) on multiple grounds. (See, 23 e.g., Petition at 2, 5-12, 15, 17). On October 28, 2025, the Petition was transferred 24 to the Central District of California, and on November 4, 2025, it was assigned to 25 this Court. (See Docket Nos. 4, ). It plainly appears from the face of the Petition 26 and matters as to which this Court takes judicial notice, that the Petition does not 27 name a respondent over which the Court has personal jurisdiction and that pretrial 28 1 || proceedings are currently ongoing in Petitioner’s State Case such that it would be 2 || appropriate for the Court to abstain from considering Petitioner’s claims at this 3 || juncture and to dismiss the Petition and this action without prejudice.’ For the reasons explained below, Petitioner is ORDERED TO SHOW 5 || CAUSE within twenty (20) days of the date of this Order, why the Petition and 6 || this…