(HC) McCoy-Gordon v. Pelican Bay State Prison

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEMARREA MCCOY-GORDON, Case No. 1:19-cv-00832-JDP Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. ECF NO. 1 PELICAN BAY STATE PRISON, Respondent. 16 Petitioner DeMarrea McCoy-Gordon, a state prisoner without counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. Petitioner was convicted of possessing and transporting a controlled substance. See id. at 2. Petitioner challenges the findings of a rules violation report that found him guilty of battery on a peace officer and extended his incarceration by eight months. See id. at 3. Petitioner sought first-, second-, and third-level reviews of the rules violation report through the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation and was unsuccessful at all levels. See id. at 7. Petitioner has not stated that he sought any state-level judicial review of his claims before filing the instant petition, and he has provided no proof of any such proceedings. …