Koenig

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD JERRELL INMAN, Case No. 1:19-cv-01543-LJO-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION TO

DISMISS PETITION FOR WRIT OF

v. HABEAS CORPUS

C. KOENIG, Respondent.

16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In the instant petition, Petitioner challenges his 2002 Stanislaus County Superior Court convictions and sentence. As Petitioner previously sought federal habeas corpus relief with respect to the challenged convictions and given that success on his Proposition 57 claims would not necessarily lead to his immediate or earlier release from confinement, the undersigned recommends that the petition be dismissed. I. DISCUSSION Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases requires preliminary review of a habeas petition and allows a district court to dismiss a petition before the respondent is ordered to file a…