(HC) Watkins v. Tuolumne County Superior Court

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMOND C. WATKINS, Case No. 1:23-cv-01516-JLT-EPG-HC

Petitioner, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION

RECOMMENDING DISMISSAL OF

v. PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS

CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

TUOLUMNE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT, et al., ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE Respondents. 16 17 Petitioner Raymond Watkins is a state pretrial detainee proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner is currently involved in criminal proceedings in the Tuolumne County Superior Court. Petitioner has not yet been convicted of any offense, and he has not gone through any appeals. Accordingly, the Court declines to intervene in the state proceedings and recommends dismissal of the petition without prejudice based on Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). I. BACKGROUND Petitioner is currently confined at the Tuolumne…