(HC) White v. Department of State Hospitals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 RODNEY WHITE, No. 1:24-cv-00291-SKO (HC) 12 Petitioner, ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT

TO ASSIGN DISTRICT JUDGE

13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION 14 TO DISMISS PREMATURE PETITION

15 STEPHANIE CLENDENIN, Director, et [TWENTY-ONE DAY OBJECTION al., DEADLINE] 16 Respondents. 17 18 19 Petitioner, a state civil detainee proceeding pro se, filed the instant petition for writ of 20 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Petitioner challenges ongoing proceedings in 21 Alameda County Superior Court to civilly commit him under California’s Sexually Violent 22 Predator Act (“SVPA”), see Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 6600 et seq. Upon preliminary review of 23 the petition, the Court finds that it should abstain from interfering in ongoing state court 24 proceedings, and the petition should be dismissed. 25 DISCUSSION 26 A. Preliminary Review of Petition 27 Rule 4 of the Rules…