Mount
Mount v. Sullivan
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division BILLY MOUNT, Case No. 20-cv-00153-LB
Petitioner,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. Re: ECF No. 1 W. J. SULLIVAN, Respondent. 16 INTRODUCTION Billy Mount, an inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He consented to proceed before a magistrate judge. (ECF No. 3.)1 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. This order requires the respondent to respond to the petition. STATEMENT The petition provides the following information: After a jury trial in Lake County Superior Court, Mr. Mount was found guilty of second-degree murder, assault with a semiautomatic 26 27 1 Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case…