Gates

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 EUREKA DIVISION 7 8 FREDERICK RENEE GATES, Case No. 19-cv-07780-RMI

9 Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

10 v.

11 ROBERT NEUSCHNID, 12 Defendant.

13 14 Petitioner, a California prisoner, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant 15 to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The original petition was dismissed with leave to amend, and petitioner has 16 filed an amended petition. 17 BACKGROUND 18 Petitioner was convicted of first-degree robbery and felony domestic violence. Am. Pet. 19 (Dkt. 7) at 2. He was sentenced to 13 years in state prison. Id. at 1. The California Court of Appeal 20 affirmed the judgment, and the California Supreme Court denied review. Id. at 3. 21 DISCUSSION 22 Standard of Review 23 This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in behalf of a person in 24 custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in 25 …