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Case 2:22-cv-00513-MWF-JEM Document Filed 07/25/ Page 1 of Page ID #:604

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No.: 2:22-cv-00513-VAP-MAA Date: July 25, 2022 Title: Eric Jerome Phillips, Jr. v. Patton State Hospital

Present: The Honorable MARIA A. AUDERO, United States Magistrate Judge

Narissa Estrada N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent:

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Proceedings (In Chambers): Order to Show Cause Why the Petition Should Not Be Dismissed as Moot

On March 17, 2022, Petitioner Eric Jerome Phillips, Jr. (“Petitioner”), acting pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Section 2254”) (“Petition”). (Pet., ECF No. 1.) Petitioner alleges one ground for federal habeas relief: Violation of his Fourteenth Amendment rights based on his involuntary treatment at Patton State Hospital. (Id. at 5.1) The Court has an independent obligation to consider its own subject-matter jurisdiction. See Arbaugh v. Y & H Corp., 546 U.S.…