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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JUSTIN M. COOPER,

Petitioner,

v.

COUNTY OF PLACER,

Respondent.

No. 2:14-cv-1406 KJM DAD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a Placer County Jail inmate proceeding pro se, has filed a petition for writ of 

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges a judgment of conviction and 

sentence entered against him July 8, 2014, in the Placer County Superior Court.

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 By order filed 

June 20, 2014, the undersigned recommended that this action be dismissed due to petitioner’s 

failure to first exhaust his claims in state court as required by 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(1). (See ECF 

No. 3.) Thereafter, petitioner consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction for all purposes in this 

action. See 28 U.S.C. § 636(c); Local Rule 305(a). (ECF No. 4.) In addition, petitioner filed 

objections to the findings and recommendations (ECF No. 5), and exhibits in support of his 

petition for federal habeas relief (ECF No. 6).

 

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Petitioner alleges that he was sentenced to serve a term of imprisonment in the Placer County 

Jail pursuant to California Penal Code § 1170(h) which authorizes imprisonment in a county jail 

for some felony convictions.

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Review of petitioner’s additional filings underscores the court’s original assessment that

he is attempting to directly challenge his arrest and detention in 2013, as well as his conviction 

and sentence imposed in state court in 2014. Petitioner must first seek relief in the state courts -

the Placer County Superior Court, the California Court of Appeal for the Third Appellate District

and/or the California Supreme Court. This federal habeas court is without jurisdiction to consider

the claims set forth in the pending petition. 

Due to petitioner’s consent to magistrate judge jurisdiction over this action for all 

purposes, this action will be dismissed without prejudice. See Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 

2254 Cases (district court may dismiss a petition if 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. . . .”). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. This action is dismissed without prejudice; and

2. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case.

Dated: November 12, 2014

DAD:4 

coop1406.dsms.hc

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