Brooks
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 MARCEL BROOKS, Case No. 22-cv-06334-JST
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
v. 9
10 NEIL MCDOWELL, Defendant. 11
12 13 Petitioner, an inmate at Ironwood State Prison, filed this pro se action seeking a writ of 14 habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging his Alameda County state court 15 conviction and sentence. See generally ECF No. 1. For the reasons set forth below, the Court 16 dismisses certain claims for failure to state cognizable claims for federal habeas relief and orders 17 Respondent to show cause why relief should not be granted on the remaining claim. 18 DISCUSSION 19 A. Procedural Background 20 Petitioner commenced this action on or about October 19, 2022, when he filed a letter with 21 this Court. ECF No. 1. On October 31, 2022, Petitioner filed the operative petition. ECF No. 5. 22 On March 14, 2023, the Court ordered Petitioner to show cause why the petition should not be 23 dismissed as premature pursuant to the Younger abstention…