Sylvester Floyd v. Rick M. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL
Case No. CV 21-5767-MCS (KS) Date: July 23, 2021 Title Sylvester Floyd v. Rick M. Hill
Present: The Honorable: Karen L. Stevenson, United States Magistrate Judge
Gay Roberson N/A Deputy Clerk Court Reporter / Recorder
Attorneys Present for Plaintiffs: Attorneys Present for Defendants:
Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL
I. The Petition
On July 15, 2021, Petitioner, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (the “Petition”). (Dkt. No. 1.) According to the Petition, Petitioner was convicted in July 2002 and sentenced in January 2003 to a term of 25 years in state prison. (Petition at 2.) Petitioner states that he appealed his conviction to the California Court of Appeal, which denied his appeal in October 2020, and then filed a petition for review in the California Supreme Court, which denied the petition in December 2020. (Petition at 2-3.) Petitioner states that he then commenced filing state habeas petitions, and the California Supreme Court denied his state habeas…