Ruiz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 BENJAMIN RAMIREZ RUIZ, Case No. 22-cv-05777-SK

Plaintiff,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

PATRICK COVELLO, et al., Regarding Docket No. 1 Defendants.

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, 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 of one count of California Penal Code section 261(a)(2) (forcible rape of child under 14), one count of California Penal Code section 288.5(a) (continuous sexual abuse of child under 14), and one count of California Penal Code section 288.7(b) (oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child 10 years old or…