Alvarez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ROBERT TOBIAS ALVAREZ, Case No. 21-cv-04626-HSG

Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v.

JIM ROBERTSON, Respondent.

12 Petitioner, an inmate at Pelican Bay State Prison, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 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 in the United States District Courts. Petitioner has paid the filing fee. Dkt. No. 5. BACKGROUND According to the petition, on or about November 22, 2017, Petitioner was sentenced to life without parole, plus an additional fifty-six years, after being convicted by a San Jose County jury of murder and second-degree robbery. Dkt. No. 1 at 2; Dkt. No. 1-1 at 2. The jury also found true a felony murder special circumstance allegation, as well as gang allegations attached to the murder count and to one count of robbery. Dkt. No. 1-1…