(HC) James v. Sheriff, Sacramento County

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 RONALD EUGENE JAMES, No. 2:24-cv-0328 CKD P Petitioner, v. ORDER AND SHERIFF, SACRAMENTO COUNTY, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Respondent. 16 Petitioner, a Sacramento County pretrial detainee proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner challenges pretrial proceedings with respect to Sacramento County criminal case no. 19FE021761. It does not appear that petitioner has been convicted with respect to any charges filed in that case. Federal courts cannot interfere with pending state criminal proceedings absent extraordinary circumstances which create a threat of irreparable injury. Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37, 45-46 (1971). Irreparable injury does not exist in such situations if the threat to plaintiff's federally protected rights may be eliminated by his defense of the criminal case. Moreover, “even irreparable injury is insufficient [to permit…