Cooper

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL COOPER, Case No. 20-cv-01593-JST

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

RAYBON JOHNSON, Warden, Respondent.

12 Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Lancaster State Prison, has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a conviction from Alameda County Superior Court. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. ECF No. 6 BACKGROUND On October 21, 2013, petitioner pled nolo contendere to first-degree robbery with use of a firearm (Cal. Penal Code § 213(a)), and to three consecutive counts of grand theft (Cal. Penal Code § 487(c)). ECF No. 1 at 1-2. Petitioner was sentenced to eighteen years in state prison that same day. ECF No. 1 at 2. Petitioner reports that he did not file any habeas petitions in the state courts. ECF No. 1 at 5. DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review This Court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus “in…