UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HASSAN LEE BRATCHER, Case No. 23-cv-05566-SVK
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE
v. PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
GISELLE MATTESON, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 1 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION Petitioner, a state prisoner at the California State Prison in Solano, California, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2241 and 2254. See Dkt. 1 (the “Petition”). He has paid the filing fee and has consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge. See Dkt. 5. For the reasons stated below, Respondent is ordered to show cause why the Petition should not be granted. II. DISCUSSION A. Background In 2019, Petitioner was convicted of kidnapping under California Penal Code § 207(a) and rape under California Penal Code § 261(a)(2) and sentenced to a term of 30 years to life in the California Superior Court for the County of Alameda. Petition ¶ 1. He pursued a direct appeal, and the…