Blake

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 GORDON BLAKE, Case No. 3:19-cv-06227-WHO

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

ROSEMARY NDOH, Defendant.

12 Petitioner Gordon Blake seeks federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 from his state conviction and sentence. Summary dismissal of his petition is not warranted. Accordingly, respondent shall file an answer or a dispositive motion in response to the petition within 60 days of the date of this order, unless an extension of time is granted. BACKGROUND According to the petition, in 2014 Blake was convicted in Contra Costa County Superior Court of multiple counts of lewd and lascivious conduct involving four minor victims. He was sentenced to a prison term of 194 years to life. Blake’s attempts to overturn his conviction in state court were unsuccessful, and this federal habeas petition followed. DISCUSSION This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a…