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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:1651 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHING LEE,

Plaintiff,

v.

KAMALA D. HARRIS,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-05316-SK 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY CASE 

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED FOR 

FAILURE TO ALLEGE CLAIM 

EXHAUSTION IN STATE COURT

Regarding Docket No. 1

On November 19, 2015, Petitioner Ching Lee filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 1) The Petition states that on November 18, 2015, a 

petition was also filed with the California Supreme Court. (Id., ¶ IV.) A prerequisite for obtaining 

a writ of habeas corpus in federal court is the exhaustion of state court remedies. A claim is 

exhausted when the highest state court has had a fair opportunity to rule on it, either on direct 

appeal or through the post-conviction process. Justices of Boston Municipal Court v. Lydon, 466 

U.S. 294, 302 (1984). A claim is not exhausted unless it has been pursued and adjudicated 

through the highest state court with jurisdiction, including courts with jurisdiction to conduct a 

discretionary review. O’Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 842, 847 (1999).

Petitioner has failed to allege exhaustion of state court remedies or otherwise seek relief 

from this Court to stay and hold his claim in abeyance while he returns to the state court to 

exhaust. See Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 277-78 (2005). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS 

Petitioner to show cause as to why his Petition should not be dismissed.

Petitioner is directed to file a response to this Order to Show Cause, by no later than 

December 31, 2015 and to simultaneously file any additional pleading necessary to preserve the 

Petition in federal court.

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United States District Court

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 7, 2015

______________________________________

SALLIE KIM

United States Magistrate Judge

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