Heralal A. Nandlal v. The State of California

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. CV 23-7352 CBM (PVC) Date: October 4, 2023 Title Heralal Alexander Nandlal v. The State of California, et al.

Present: The Honorable Pedro V. Castillo, United States Magistrate Judge

Marlene Ramirez None Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder

Attorneys Present for Petitioner: Attorneys Present for Respondent: None None

PROCEEDINGS: [IN CHAMBERS] ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THE

MAGISTRATE JUDGE SHOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT

THIS ACTION BE DISMISSED WITHOUT PREJUDICE

PURSUANT TO THE YOUNGER ABSTENTION DOCTRINE

AND BECAUSE IT IS COMPLETELY UNEXHAUSTED

On September 5, 2023, Petitioner, a pretrial detainee housed at Metropolitan State Hospital, proceeding pro se, filed a habeas petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (“Petition,” Dkt. No. 1). The Petition is a lengthy unintelligible diatribe on a number of subjects but appears to request that Petitioner be declared mentally competent to stand trial and be released from the Metropolitan State Hospital psychiatric ward. (See generally id.). To begin with, the Court lacks jurisdiction under § 2254. Federal habeas…