Robinson v. SCORE Jail

Filing 7

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE by Hon. Mary Alice Theiler. Show Cause Response due by 6/12/2017. (cc: petitioner)(ST)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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REGINALD WAYNE ROBINSON,
Petitioner,

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Case No. C17-0539-TSZ-MAT

v.
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RENTON MUNICIPAL COURT, et al.,
Respondents.

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Petitioner Reginald Robinson is currently confined at the South Correctional Entity

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(SCORE) in Des Moines, Washington. He has submitted to the Court for filing a petition for writ

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of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a 2013 Renton Municipal Court judgment

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and sentence. Petitioner asserts two grounds for relief in his petition, but neither claim alleges a

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violation of a federal constitutional right.

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Federal habeas relief does not lie for errors of state law. Lewis v. Jeffers, 497 U.S. 764,

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780 (1990) (citing Pulley v. Harris, 465 U.S. 37, 41 (1983)). A federal district court may entertain

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an application for a writ of habeas corpus by an individual in custody pursuant to a judgment of a

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state court “only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or

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treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). Because petitioner does not identify any
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federal constitutional basis for the claims asserted in his petition, he has not stated a cognizable

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ground for relief.

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Accordingly, the Court hereby ORDERS as follows:

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(1)

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Petitioner shall SHOW CAUSE not later than June 12, 2017 why his federal habeas

petition should not be dismissed for failure to state a cognizable ground for relief.

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(2)

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Thomas S. Zilly.

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The Clerk is directed to send copies of this Order to petitioner and to the Honorable

DATED this 8th day of May, 2017.

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Mary Alice Theiler
United States Magistrate Judge

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