Rodrigo Adrian Gonzalez Garcia v. Arkata Police Department

DISCUSSION

Gonzalez Garcia filed his habeas petition while incarcerated in Humboldt County Jail, challenging his arrest by the Arcata Police Department. Dkt. No. 1. He has since filed what appears to be an updated habeas petition, incorporating his initial habeas claims, as well as new claims based on alleged Brady and hearsay violations, and the denial of a trial motion. Dkt. No. 16. He writes that he was sentenced on August 11, 2022, to time served and two years of probation. Id. at 3. Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge collaterally in federal habeas proceedings either the fact or length of their confinement are first required to exhaust state judicial remedies, either on direct appeal or through collateral proceedings, by presenting the highest state court available with a fair opportunity to rule on the merits of each claim they seek to raise in federal court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b), (c); Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509, 515-16 (1982). The exhaustion doctrine “reflects a policy of federal-state comity . . . to give the State an initial opportunity to pass upon and correct alleged violations of its prisoners’ federal rights.” Picard v. Connor, 404 U.S. 270, 275…