Archila

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

OSCAR ANTONIO ARCHILA,

Case No. 23-cv-00512-NC (PR) Petitioner, ORDER OF SERVICE v.

BRIAN CATES,

10 Respondent.

12 Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. No. 1 (“Petition”). Petitioner has paid the filing fee. Dkt. No 5. For the reasons that follow, the Court orders Respondent to show cause why the petition should not be granted. BACKGROUND According to the Petition, Petitioner was sentenced to a term of 225 years after being convicted of one count of committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14, see Cal. Pen. Code § 288(a); eleven counts of committing lewd and lascivious acts upon a child under the age of 14 by means of duress, see id. at § 288(b)(1); one count of committing these crimes while being more than seven years older than the child, see id. at § 269; and one count of committing…