Ward v. The People

Filing 15

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Kendall J. Newman on 4/23/2015 INFORMING petitioner that to exhaust state court remedies, petitioner is required to present his claims to the CA Supreme Court. The undersigned cannot provide petitioner with any further legal advice regarding how to proceed with his claims. (Yin, K)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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DELANIOUS A. WARD,

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Petitioner,

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No. 2:14-cv-2861 KJN P

v.

ORDER

THE PEOPLE,

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Respondent.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner, proceeding without counsel, with a petition for writ of habeas

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corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 25, 2015, the undersigned dismissed this action

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on grounds that none of the claims were exhausted. (ECF No. 12.) In this order, the undersigned

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observed that none of these claims raised by petitioner had been presented to the California

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Supreme Court. (Id.)
On April 10, 2015, petitioner filed a letter with the court stating that he does not know

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how to proceed. (ECF No. 14.) Petitioner states that he does not know if he has to “go back” to

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the state Supreme Court. (Id.)

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As discussed in the March 25, 2015 order, petitioner is required to exhaust state court

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remedies as to all of his claims before filing a federal petition. In order to exhaust state court

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remedies, petitioner is required to present his claims to the California Supreme Court. The

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undersigned cannot provide petitioner with any further legal advice regarding how to proceed

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with his claims.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: April 23, 2015

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