John Christopher Brown v. Josie Gastelo

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES —- GENERAL

Case No. CV 20-02051-PA (DFM) Date: September 14, 2020 Title John Christopher Brown v. Josie Gastelo

Present: The Honorable Douglas F. McCormick, United States Magistrate Judge Nancy Boehme Not Present Deputy Clerk Court Reporter Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) for Defendant(s): Not Present Not Present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

Petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in March 2020. See Dkt. 1 (“Petition”). In June 2020, Respondent filed a motion to dismiss claiming Petitioner’s fourth ground for relief was unexhausted—.e., he had not presented it to the California Supreme Court. Petitioner acknowledges that he did not raise this claim in his petition for review in the state supreme court (see Petition at 3), and the copy of the petition for review that he attached to his federal habeas petition bears this out (see Dkt. 1-3 at 1-75.). Accordingly, on July 9, 2020,…