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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

NOT FOR CITATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RICHARD NELSON BRYANT, 

Petitioner, 

 v.

MARIO REYES, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 05-2535 PJH (PR) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a California prisoner, has filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He also seeks to proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 1915.

Venue is proper in this district because the conviction was obtained in San

Francisco, which is in this district. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d). 

DISCUSSION

A. Standard of Review

A district court may entertain a petition for writ of habeas corpus "in behalf of a

person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in

custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States." 28 U.S.C. §

2254(a); Rose v. Hodges, 423 U.S. 19, 21 (1975). 

A habeas petition may be dismissed summarily "[i]f it plainly appears from the face

of the petition and any exhibits annexed to it that the petitioner is not entitled to relief in the

district court. . . ." Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254;

Hendricks v. Vasquez, 908 F.2d 490, 491 (9th Cir. 1990). 

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Petitioner also does not allege that he filed any state appellate or habeas proceedings,

so it appears he has not exhausted. 

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B. Legal claims

Petitioner alleges that he pled guilty to a charge of failure to register as a sex

offender. As grounds for relief he contends that he was never told he had to register and

that he was vindictively prosecuted. The guilty plea waived these claims. See Haring v.

Prosise, 462 U.S. 306, 319-20 (1983) (guilty plea forecloses consideration of pre-plea

constitutional deprivations). The only challenges left open in federal habeas corpus after a

guilty plea is the voluntary and intelligent character of the plea and the nature of the advice

of counsel to plead, Hill v. Lockhart, 474 U.S. 52, 56-57 (1985), claims petitioner does not

raise here. The petition will be dismissed.1 

CONCLUSION 

Leave to proceed in forma pauperis (doc 3) is GRANTED. For the foregoing

reasons, the petition is summarily DISMISSED. See Rule 4, Rules Governing Section

2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254.

The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 6, 2006.

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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