Nilsen
Nilsen v. Howe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL DAVID NILSEN, Case No. 19-cv-02917-PJH Petitioner,
ORDER FOR RESPONDENT TO
v. SHOW CAUSE LAKE COUNTY SUPERIOR COURT,
APPELLATE DEPT.,
11 Respondent. 12 Petitioner, a California probationer, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The amended petition was dismissed with leave to amend and petitioner has filed a second amended petition. BACKGROUND Petitioner states that after being found guilty of driving while under the influence, he was sentenced to 20 days jail time, nine months in DUI school, 116 hours of community service and three years of probation. Second Amended Petition (“SAP”) at 2. Petitioner further contends that the California Court of Appeal and California Supreme Court denied his appeals. Id. DISCUSSION STANDARD OF REVIEW This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person 25 …