Johnson v. People for the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 PAUL DAVID JOHNSON, P80888, Case No. 19-cv-04341-CRB (PR) Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION
v. FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS
CORPUS FOR FAILURE TO
|| RON DAVIS, Warden, EXHAUST Respondent. (ECF No. 3) Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the Alameda County Superior Court’s April 30, 2019 denial of his request to recall his indeterminate life sentence under recently-amended California 12 Penal Code section 1170(d). Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge collaterally in
|| federal habeas corpus proceedings either the fact or length of their confinement are first required
14 || to exhaust state judicial remedies, either on direct appeal or through collateral proceedings, by 15 || presenting the highest state court available with a fair opportunity to rule on the merits of each and