Warden

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION

ROBERT MICHAEL VANLEEUWEN, No. ED 5:23-cv-00630-SVW-BFM 13 Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. WHY HABEAS PETITION

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED

WARDEN.

Respondent. 17 SUMMARY OF ORDER This is a federal habeas petition challenging a January 2023 decision by California’s Board of Parole Hearings (“BPH”) finding Petitioner Robert Michael Vanleeuwen1 unsuitable for release on parole as a nonviolent offender. But before a petitioner can file a federal habeas petition in federal court, he must present his claims to the California Supreme Court—a process called “exhaustion.” From what Petitioner has provided and from publicly available dockets, it appears Petitioner has not exhausted his claims. And even if the

27 1 Petitioner also uses the name “Robert Michael Tafoya.” (See, e.g., ECF No. 1 at 3). claims were exhausted, it appears that they would…