(HC) Fultz v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 FINLEY B. FULTZ, No. 2:21-cv-01254-CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondent. 16 Petitioner is a state pretrial detainee proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this habeas corpus action filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On April 5, 2022, this court ordered petitioner to show cause why federal court intervention in his pending state criminal prosecution is appropriate. ECF No. 7 (citing Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 45-46 (1971). Petitioner filed a response to the show cause order that was docketed on April 14, 2022. ECF No. 8. The court has also received petitioner’s supplemental response to the show cause order. ECF No. 9. For the reasons explained below, the undersigned recommends summarily dismissing petitioner’s federal habeas application based on the Younger abstention doctrine. I. Factual and Procedural History In his habeas…