Eijah Lee Miller v. State of California

I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND

18 On December 28, 2022, Petitioner Elijah Lee Miller filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California (“Petition”). (Pet., ECF No. 1.) The Petition alleges four grounds for federal habeas relief: (1) “false imprisonment, false conviction, false sentencing, unlawful [detention]”; (2) the District Attorney and Judge “wanted to get [Petitioner’s] case over with”1; (3) same allegation as 25 1 As supporting facts for Ground Two, the Petition states that Petitioner was informed prior to the date of conviction and sentencing that Josef Daniel Miller was “in trouble . . . [for] threats or assault” and that the Judge and District Attorney manipulated Petitioner into signing a document related to the attempted murder charge. (Pet. 7–8.) contained in Ground Two, plus Petitioner requests immediate release from custody; (4) same allegation as contained in Ground Three, plus Petitioner requests immediate release from custody, $20,000,000.00 in damages, and expungement of Petitioner’s criminal record. …