Charles Williams v. Xavier Becerra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

9 10 CHARLES WILLIAMS, Case No. 2:19-cv-02663-AFM

Petitioner, MEMORANDUM OPINION AND v. ORDER DISMISSING FIRST

AMENDED PETITION WITHOUT

NEIL McDOWELL, Warden, PREJUDICE

Respondent. 16 BACKGROUND On April 1, 2019, Petitioner filed this habeas corpus petition pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2017 conviction of involuntary manslaughter. (ECF No. 1.) On April 10, 2019, the Court issued an order explaining that it appeared that the claims raised in this federal petition had never been presented to the California Supreme Court and, therefore, the petition was subject to dismissal. The Court directed Petitioner to file an amended petition clearly indicating whether he had exhausted his state remedies by presenting his claims to the California Supreme Court. The order informed Petitioner that if he wished to raise unexhausted claims in his first amended petition, he should file a motion to stay the proceedings.…