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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

ROBERT REGINALD ESTRADA,

Petitioner,

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PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF

CALIFORNIA, et al.,

Respondent(s). 

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No. C 06-4780 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Petitioner, a state prisoner currently incarcerated at the Santa Clara County

Jail, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a

December 28, 2005 judgment of conviction from the Superior Court of the State

of California in and for the County of Santa Clara. 

Prisoners in state custody 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

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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

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 tmust be

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: August 18, 2006 CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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