Terry L. Slaughter v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 TERRY L. SLAUGHTER, ) Case No. 2:20-cv-1552-JAK-JC ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS v. ) ACTION SHOULD NOT BE ) DISMISSED

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF )

CALIFORNIA, ) ) Respondent. )

I. PROCEEDINGS

18 On February 6, 2020, petitioner Terry L. Slaughter, a parolee who is 19 proceeding pro se, signed and is deemed to have constructively filed a Petition for 20 Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”), which was formally filed on February 18, 21 2020. The Petition appears to challenge sentences imposed in two separate 22 criminal cases: (1) a 26 years-to-life sentence for first degree murder with an 23 enhancement for a prior prison term imposed on February 18, 1987, in Alameda 24 County Superior Court Case No. 80264 (“1987 Case”); and (2) a 13 year sentence 25 for rape in concert imposed on July 2, 1984, pursuant to a plea agreement in Los 26 27 1See Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 276 (1988). 1 Angeles County…