Thompkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CLEM THOMPKINS, Case No. 21-cv-07907-SK

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

DANIEL E. CUEVA, Regarding Docket No. 1 Defendant.

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the California Medical Facility in Vacaville, California, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a conviction and sentence from Alameda County Superior Court. The petition is properly before the undersigned for initial review because Petitioner has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted by a jury on November 20, 2013 of two counts of first degree murder (California Penal Code [“P.C.”] § 187), five counts of attempted murder (P.C. § 187/664), and possession of a firearm by a felon (P.C. § 12021(a)(1)). He was sentenced to 96 years and eight months on October 27, 2017. As to the first-degree…