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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

LOUIE ABARCA GOMEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

JAMES TILTON, Director,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-6094 MHP (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL 

Louie Abarca Gomez, an inmate at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, has

filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, in which he

challenges the calculation of time credits on his sentence imposed upon a conviction in Yolo

County Superior Court in 2006. His petition is now before the court for review pursuant to

28 U.S.C. §2243 and Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases.

Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge either the fact or length of their

confinement in federal court by a petition for writ of habeas corpus 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 issue they seek to raise in federal court. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b),(c); Granberry

v. Greer, 481 U.S. 129, 133-34 (1987). 

Gomez alleges in his petition that he did not raise his claim in the California Supreme

Court before he filed his federal habeas petition. See Petition, p. 6. State judicial remedies

therefore have not been exhausted for the claim, and Gomez has not presented any

exceptional circumstances to excuse his failure to exhaust. See Granberry, 481 U.S. at 133-

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34. Gomez must present his claim to the California Supreme Court to give that court a fair

opportunity to rule on the merits of his claim before he presents the claim in a federal habeas

petition. 

For the foregoing reasons, the petition is DISMISSED without prejudice to Gomez

filing a new habeas action after available state judicial remedies are exhausted. The in forma

pauperis application is GRANTED. (Docket # 2.) The clerk shall close the file.

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: January 2, 2008 

Marilyn Hall Patel

United States District Judge

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