Pfeiffer

(HC) Stallworth v. Pfeiffer

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United States District Court, Eastern District of CaliforniaOctober 26, 20211:21-cv-00789California843 words

Opinion

Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JEROME STALLWORTH, No. 1:21-cv-00789-DAD-SKO (HC) Petitioner, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

RECONSIDERATION

CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, (Doc. No. 7)_ Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding in propria persona with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On July 30, 2021, the court issued an order dismissing the petition for several reasons, including that: 1) the petition was captioned to the California Court of Appeal, indicating that petitioner filed his petition in the wrong court; 2) to the extent petitioner intended to file his petition in this federal court, he had failed to first exhaust his claims by presenting them to the California Supreme Court; and 3) petitioner failed to assert a cognizable claim for federal habeas relief. (Doc. No. 4.) Nearly three months later, on October 20, 2021, petitioner filed the instant motion for reconsideration. (Doc. No. 7.) Therein,…

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