Lopez
Lopez v. Broomfield
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 GABRIEL ELENA LOPEZ, Case No. 23-cv-06017-SVK
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE;
9 v. GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN
FORMA PAUPERIS
10 BROOMFIELD, Re: Dkt. Nos. 2, 5, 8 Defendant. 11
12 INTRODUCTION 13 Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 14 U.S.C. § 2254.1 He has applied for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (ECF Nos. 2, 5, 8.) For 15 the reasons stated below, respondent is ordered to show cause why the petition should not be 16 granted. 17 DISCUSSION 18 A. Background 19 Petitioner was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of California for the County of 20 Napa, and on April 5, 2016, the state court sentenced him to a term in state prison. (ECF No. 1 at 21 1-2.) The California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment on direct appeal, and the California 22 Supreme Court denied petitioner’s request for direct review. (Id. at 3.) Petitioner did not…