Sayles
Sayles v. Alameda County, Superior Court
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 WALTER SAYLES, Case No. 21-cv-08243-VKD
Petitioner,
ORDER OF REASSIGNMENT TO A
v. DISTRICT JUDGE
ALAMEDA COUNTY SUPERIOR
COURT,
12 Respondent.
13 On October 22, 2021, Walter Sayles, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming he is eligible for a youth offender parole hearing and that his sentence is unconstitutional. Dkt. No. 1 at 3, 4. He later filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP”). Dkt. No. 4. Mr. Sayles was convicted and sentenced in Alameda County Superior Court, and he is currently confined in San Luis Obispo, in the Central District of California. On February 25, 2022, the Court transferred the matter to the Central District pursuant to Habeas L.R. 2254-3(b)(2). Dkt. No. 8. On March 3, 2022, the Central District transferred the matter back to this Court, observing that the petition…