Rodriguez
Rodriguez v. Neuschmid
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ORLANDO J. RODRIGUEZ,
Case No. 19-03333 BLF (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL; DENYING v. CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY R. NEUSCHMID, Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the denial of early parole consideration under California’s Proposition 57. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. (Docket No. 12.) 21 I. DISCUSSION I. Standard of Review This court may entertain a petition for a 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. 27 § 2254(a). It shall “award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause…