John Cecil Cabe v. Michael D. Antonovich
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION
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12 JOHN CECIL CABE, No. 2:23-cv-10422-FWS-BFM 13 Petitioner, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 14 WHY HABEAS PETITION
MICHAEL D. ANTONOVICH SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED
15 COURTHOUSE,
16 Respondent. 17
18 This Order concerns a federal habeas petition. Petitioner John Cecil Cabe 19 filed a habeas petition in the Ninth Circuit, which transferred the Petition to 20 the United States District Court. (ECF 1 (“Petition”), 4.) Under Rule 4 of the 21 Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Court—rules 22 that apply to the Petition in this Court—the Court must review the Petition 23 before ordering a response. If it “plainly appears” from that initial review that 24 Petitioner is not entitled to relief, the Court must dismiss the Petition. 25 Here, the Petitioner claims that he is “falsely imprisoned in [the] 26 Metropolitan State Hospital.” (Petition at 2.) It is unclear, however, why he 27 believes he…