Saif'ullah

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 KHALIFAH E.D. SAIF’ULLAH, aka Case No. 23-cv-02264-CRB (PR) Fernando A. Jackson, C14257, 8 Plaintiff, ORDER OF DISMISSAL 9 v. 10 CALIFORNIA SUPREME COURT, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12 I. 13 Plaintiff, a California state prisoner incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison and frequent 14 litigant in federal court, has filed a pro se complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 15 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000d, and the law enforcement misconduct statute 42 U.S.C. § 14141, seeking 16 an order compelling the California Supreme Court to order the state lower courts to “follow the 17 mandate” of the state high court’s decision in In re Palmer, 10 Cal. 5th 959 (2021), and apply it to 18 plaintiff’s state habeas case seeking release from his continued incarceration on a “7 years to life 19 sentence for kidnaping for ransom that took place in 1978.” ECF No. 1 (Compl.) at 3, 4.

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21 Federal courts must engage in a preliminary screening of cases in which prisoners seek 22 redress from a governmental entity or officer or employee of a governmental…