Grimes V. Novak

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

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

v. A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR

FAILURE TO EXHAUST

LISA NOVAK, (ECF No. 2) Respondent. 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 || credits in connection with a sentence from San Mateo County Superior Court. Petitioner also a seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (ECF No. 2) which, good cause shown, is granted.

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…