Grimes V. Novak

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 CARL GRIMES, BK2773, Case No. 20-cv-02814-CRB (PR) 5 Petitioner,

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

6 v. A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST

7 LISA NOVAK, (ECF No. 2) 8 Respondent. 9 Petitioner, a state prisoner at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California, 10 || seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the denial of pre-sentence time 11 || credits in connection with a sentence from San Mateo County Superior Court. Petitioner also a 12 seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) which, good cause shown, is granted.

13 Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge collaterally in federal habeas corpus 14 || proceedings either the fact or length of their confinement are first required to exhaust state judicial

15 || remedies, either on direct appeal or through collateral proceedings, by presenting the highest state

Q 16 || court available with a fair opportunity to…