Xiaoye Bai v. Warden of High Desert State Prison

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION 11 XIAOYE BAI, ) No. 2:21-cv-04939-JGB-JDE ) 12 Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE 13 v. ) WHY THE PETITION ) 14 WARDEN OF HIGH DESERT STATE ) SHOULD NOT BE ) DISMISSED PRISON, et al., ) 15 ) 16 Respondents. ) 17 18 I. 19 INTRODUCTION 20 On June 17, 2021, Petitioner Xiaoye Bai (“Petitioner”), a prisoner at 21 High Desert State Prison, Indian Springs, Nevada (“High Desert”) proceeding 22 pro se, filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” under 28 U.S.C. § 2254, 23 with the caption addressed to the “Southern District of California Los Angeles 24 County, California,” challenging a 2016 conviction in Los Angeles County 25 Superior Court. Dkt. 1 (“Petition” or “Pet.”). This is the second habeas 26 petition Petitioner has filed challenging his 2016 conviction. See Bai v. Warden 27 of Ely State Prison, et al., Case No.…