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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN DOE # 420,

Petitioner,

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MICHAEL HENNESSEY, et al.,

Respondent(s). 

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No. C 06-3743 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254

challenging on First Amendment grounds a recent conviction from the Superior

Court of the State of California in and for the County of San Francisco. 

Persons in state custody (which includes persons on probation such as

petitioner) who wish to challenge collaterally in federal habeas corpus

proceedings either the fact or length of their confinement are first required to

exhaust state judicial remedies, either on direct appeal or through collateral

proceedings, by presenting the highest state court available with a fair

opportunity to rule on the merits of each and every claim they seek to raise in

federal court. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)-(c). Petitioner has not done so. He has

not presented the Supreme Court of California with an opportunity to consider

and rule on his claims. See O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 838, 845 (1999)

(state’s highest court must be given opportunity to rule on claims even if review
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is discretionary); Larche v. Simons, 53 F.3d 1068, 1071-72 (9th Cir. 1995)

(Supreme Court of California must be given at least one opportunity to review

state prisoners' federal claims). The petition for a writ of habeas corpus therefore

is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling after state judicial remedies are

exhausted.

The clerk shall close the file and terminate all pending motions as moot. 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: June 16, 2006 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge