Fowler

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 DOUGLAS EDWARD FOWLER, Case No. 23-cv-01819-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER OF DISMISSAL; ON

v. PENDING MOTIONS

PEOPLE OF CALIFORNIA, Defendant.

INTRODUCTION Petitioner, who has been committed to Napa State Hospital and is proceeding without representation by a lawyer, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 seeking his immediate release from confinement. His application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. For the reasons explained below, the petition is DISMISSED without prejudice for failure to exhaust his state court remedies. His two pending motions are DENIED. BACKGROUND Petitioner was found guilty in Lake County Superior Court of auto theft and making terrorist threats in two separate cases. (ECF No. 1 at 2.) He states he was “sentenced” to a term of three years in state prison on December 10, 2020, his sentence for the two offenses were…