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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HENRY LYDE,

Petitioner,

 vs.

GEORGE BUSH, President, et al., 

Respondents. /

No. C 08-1480 PJH (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

This is a habeas case which was filed by a prisoner who is confined in Georgia. It

appears that he may have filed it in many different courts. He has paid the filing fee.

Habeas corpus petitions must meet heightened pleading requirements. McFarland

v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 856 (1994). An application for a federal writ of habeas corpus filed

by a prisoner who is in state custody pursuant to a judgment of a state court must “specify

all the grounds for relief which are available to the petitioner ... and shall set forth in

summary form the facts supporting each of the grounds thus specified.” Rule 2(c) of the

Rules Governing § 2254 Cases, 28 U.S.C. foll. § 2254. “‘[N]otice’ pleading is not sufficient,

for the petition is expected to state facts that point to a ‘real possibility of constitutional

error.’” Rule 4 Advisory Committee Notes (quoting Aubut v. Maine, 431 F.2d 688, 689 (1st

Cir. 1970). “Habeas petitions which appear on their face to be legally insufficient are

subject to summary dismissal.” Calderon v. United States Dist. Court (Nicolaus), 98 F.3d

1102, 1108 (9th Cir. 1996) (Schroeder, J., concurring). 

The petition is largely incomprehensible and certainly does not point to a real

possibility of constiutional error. It therefore is summarily DISMISSED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 3, 2008. 

 PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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