Christopher Dickson v. Alan Yochelson
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
CIVIL MINUTES - GENERAL
Case No. 2:19-cv-07111-DOC (SK) Date August 27, 2019 Title Christopher Dickson v. Alan Yochelson
, Present: The Honorable Steve Kim, U.S. Magistrate Judge Connie Chung n/a Deputy Clerk Court Smart / Recorder Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent: None present None present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
In August 2019, Petitioner filed what he calls a “petition for writ of prohibition and order to show cause for preliminary injunction” that challenges his 1997 state convictions for robbery, burglary, sexual battery, and rape. (ECF 1, 2). But “[a] writ of prohibition is not a means for invalidating the judgment of a non-subordinate court such as a state court, but rather is a means of confining or compelling the exercise of jurisdiction of an ‘inferior court’ such as a lower federal court.” Olivier-Ward v. Blackwell, 127 F.3d 1106 (9th Cir. 1997) (citing Ex Parte Republic of Peru, 318 U.S. 578, 581-83 (1943)). The Court thus lacks jurisdiction to entertain this “petition for writ of prohibition” against a state…