Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MICHAEL BROWN, Case No. 22-cv-05969-HSG

Petitioner, ORDER REQUIRING ELECTION BY

PETITIONER

v.

TAMMY CAMPBELL,

Respondent.

12 Petitioner, an inmate at San Quentin State Prison, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Dkt. No. 1 (“Petition”). Respondent filed an answer to the Petition. Dkt. Nos. 11-12 (“Answer”). Although given notice and an opportunity to do so, petitioner did not file a traverse. See generally, Dkt. In the Answer, respondent argued that petitioner had failed to exhaust two of the five claims stated in the Petition. The Court now requires petitioner to make an election. DISCUSSION A. Procedural History Petitioner was found guilty by an Alameda County jury of forcible oral copulation (Cal. Penal Code § 288a(c)(2)(A)). Ans. at 1. Petitioner stipulated that he had seven prior felony convictions. See id. He was…