Guzman
Guzman v. Pickett
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA EUREKA DIVISION 7 LAZARO GUZMAN, Case No. 20-cv-04067-RMI
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. Re: Dkt. No. 1 JASON PICKETT, Defendant.
13 Petitioner Lazaro Guzman, a state prisoner, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. For the reasons stated below, the court will require Respondent to show cause why the petition should not be granted and why the writ should not issue. This court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus on “behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a state court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); Bell v. Cone, 535 U.S. 685, 693 (2002). A district court entertaining an application for a writ of habeas corpus “shall forthwith award the writ or issue an order directing the respondent to show cause why the writ should not be granted,…