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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EASTERN DIVISION RICHARD LEE THOMAS JR., ) No. 5:21-cv-01912-CJC-JDE ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. ) WHY THE PETITION ) CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, ) SHOULD NOT BE ) DISMISSED ) Respondent. ) )

I. INTRODUCTION On November 7, 2021,1 Richard Lee Thomas Jr. (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se constructively filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. 1 (“Pet.” or “Petition”). This is the second habeas petition Petitioner has filed in this Court. The prior habeas petition, challenging his 2017 conviction in Riverside

1 Under the “mailbox rule,” “a legal document is deemed filed on the date a petitioner delivers it to the prison authorities for filing by mail.” Lott v. Mueller, 304 26 F.3d 918, 921 (9th Cir. 2002). In the absence of evidence to…