Singh

BACKGROUND

18 According to the petition, on December 16, 2016, Petitioner was sentenced to 30 years to 19 life, consecutive to three years, after being convicted by a Santa Clara County jury of rape and 20 other crimes. Dkt. No. 1 at 1. Petitioner unsuccessfully appealed his conviction to the state 21 appellate court, and the California Supreme Court denied his petition for review. Dkt. No. 1 at 2. 22 Petitioner does not report having filed any state habeas petition. Dkt. No. 1 at 3. 23 // 24 25 1 The Clerk of the Court is directed to substitute Warden David Holbrook in place of the previously named respondent because Warden Holbrook is Petitioner’s current custodian. See 26 Ortiz-Sandoval v. Gomez, 81 F.3d 891, 894 (9th Cir.), as amended (May 8, 1996) (rules governing relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 require person in custody pursuant to judgment of state court to 27 name state officer having custody of him as respondent); Stanley v. Cal. Sup. Ct., 21 F.3d 359, 360 DISCUSSION A. Standard of Review 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…