Gates

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 FREDERICK RENEE GATES, Case No. 19-cv-07780-RMI

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

ROBERT NEUSCHNID, Defendant.

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