UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSHUA SPENCER HILL,
Case No. 20-cv-04026-YGR (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE v. TO AMEND
SUMER BROOKS,
7 Respondent.
I. INTRODUCTION This action was reassigned from a magistrate judge to the undersigned in light of a recent Ninth Circuit decision. Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed an incomplete habeas corpus petition form. See Dkt. 1. His petition is now before the Court for review pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases. Petitioner has also filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”), which is GRANTED. Dkt. 5. II. DISCUSSION 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 violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a).…