Lockhart
Lockhart v. Alameda County Court
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL A. LOCKHART, Case No. 19-cv-04055-WHO (PR)
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL
v.
ALAMEDA COUNTY COURT, et al., Dkt. Nos. 15 and 16 Defendants.
16 INTRODUCTION Plaintiff Michael Lockhart is a California state prisoner serving a sentence of 25 years to life, imposed following his convictions for drug offenses. In this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 federal civil rights action, he asks this federal court to intervene in the state’s handling of his current resentencing proceedings. I am obligated to conduct a preliminary screening of this case to insure that a plausible claim is stated, and it is clear that none is.
24 1 The original complaint speaks of a “Prop 36 hearing,” (Compl., Dkt. No. 12 at 1), while the amended complaint mentions Proposition 57, (Am. Compl., Dkt. No. 15 at 3). 25 Proposition 36, now codified as Cal. Penal Code § 1170.126, is the “Three Strikes Reform Act of 2012,” which “seeks to remedy the harshness of the Three Strikes Law both 26 prospectively…