Phillips

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS, BI4781, Case No. 23-cv-03875-CRB (PR)

Petitioner,

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

v.

GENA JONES, Warden, (ECF No. 8) Respondent.

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at the California Health Care Facility, Stockton (CHCF), has filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a conviction and sentence from San Francisco County Superior Court. He also seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) under 28 U.S.C. § 1915. BACKGROUND Petitioner was convicted by a jury of special circumstances murder, aggravated mayhem, robbery, burglary, and several other offenses, including manufacture, possession, or utterance of fraudulent financial documents. On January 18, 2019, petitioner was sentenced to life without parole on the murder with special circumstances conviction and to a consecutive determinate sentence of six years and eighth months for the burglary…