Chu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 RICHARD H. CHU, Case No. 19-cv-04218-PJH

Petitioner,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. 9 Re: Dkt. No. 8 SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY

SUPERIOR COURT,

11 Respondent.

12 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The original petition was dismissed with leave to amend and petitioner has filed an amended petition. DISCUSSION STANDARD OF REVIEW This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). Habeas corpus petitions must meet heightened pleading requirements. McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). An application for a federal writ of habeas corpus filed by a prisoner who is in state custody pursuant…