Pearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ANTHONY SMITH, Case No. 19-cv-03683-SI

Petitioner,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

v. Re: Dkt. Nos. 1, 3 S PEARMAN, Respondent.

12 Anthony Smith filed this pro se action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His petition is now before the court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts. 16 BACKGROUND The petition and attachments thereto provide rather limited information. Smith alleges that he was sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court in 2007 and 2010 to “38 and 37 to life” for “burglary and enhancements of burglary & auto theft & escape.” Docket No. 1 at 1. He allegedly filed an unsuccessful direct appeal and many unsuccessful petitions for writ of habeas corpus in the state courts. 23 DISCUSSION This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf…