(HC) Brownlee v. People of the State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BENJAMIN JUSTIN BROWNLEE, No. 2:19-cv-2524 DAD AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA,

15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a motion requesting that the court order his trial attorney and appellate counsel or the state court to provide him with copies of his state court records that were lost during a transfer to another prison. ECF No. 24. To the extent petitioner appears to be seeking an order from the court directing the state courts to provide him with copies of his state court records, “[t]he federal courts are without power to issue writs of mandamus to direct state courts or their judicial officers in the performance of their duties.” Clark v. Washington, 366 F.2d 678, 681 (1966) (citations omitted); Demos v. United States Dist. Ct., 925 F.2d 1160, 1161 (9th Cir. 1991) (“[T]his court lacks jurisdiction to issue a writ of mandamus to a state court.” (citing 28 U.S.C. §…