Headen
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 4 HEADEN, Case No. 21-cv-08125-RMI
Plaintiff,
ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH LEAVE
v. TO AMEND
, Defendant.
10 Petitioner, a detainee, filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He has consented to the jurisdiction of a Magistrate Judge. dkt. 8. DISCUSSION 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 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); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). Habeas corpus petitions must meet heightened pleading requirements. McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). An application for a federal writ of habeas corpus filed by a prisoner who is in state custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court must “specify all the…