Fox
(HC) Brooks v. Fox
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HAROLD B. BROOKS, No. 2:19-cv-00879 JAM GGH P Petitioner, v. ORDER R. FOX, Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has requested that this action be dismissed until petitioner has exhausted all state remedies. ECF No. 32. Petitioner is cautioned that the habeas corpus statute imposes a one-year statute of limitations for filing non-capital habeas corpus petitions in federal court. Petitioner has indicated he is seeking to challenge his parole denial by the Board of Parole Hearings. ECF No. 32 at 3. A prisoner challenging a parole decision is first eligible to file a federal habeas petition only after state habeas proceedings are complete. Before state prisoners can file a federal habeas petition, they “must give the state courts one full opportunity to resolve any constitutional [claims] by invoking one complete round of the State's established appellate review…