(HC) Todd v. Superior Court of California, Yuba County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JACKLYN LORRAINE TODD, No. 2:20-cv-0174 KJN P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND FINDINGS AND

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YUBA COUNTY JAIL, et al., Respondents. 16 Petitioner, a Yuba County Jail inmate proceeding pro se, has filed an application for a writ of habeas corpus, together with a request to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915. Petitioner submitted a declaration that makes the showing required by § 1915(a). Accordingly, the request to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a). Petitioner challenges her December 23, 2019 conviction in the Yuba County Superior Court. Petitioner concedes her appeal remains pending. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) In Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971), the Supreme Court made clear that a federal court will not intervene in a pending state criminal proceeding absent extraordinary circumstances. Id. at 43-46. Younger abstention is appropriate when: “(1) there is an…