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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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GLENN ALLEN RAMIREZ,

Petitioner,

v.

MICHAEL EVANS, warden, 

Respondent. /

No. C 07-5785 SI (pr)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Glenn Allen Ramirez, a prisoner at Salinas Valley State Prison, has filed this pro se action

seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. His petition challenges a

restitution order that apparently was imposed as part of the sentence he received on April 26,

2002 in Santa Clara County Superior Court. He alleges that the court erred in imposing a fine

under California Government Code § 13987(a) because it failed to consider a defendant's ability

to pay. The claim asserted is only for a state law error and therefore is outside the scope of a

federal habeas action; the federal writ of habeas corpus can only be issued to remedy a violation

of the Constitution, laws or treaties of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); see Estelle v.

McGuire, 502 U.S. 62, 67-68 (1991). Accordingly, this action is DISMISSED for lack of

subject matter jurisdiction. 

The in forma pauperis application is GRANTED. (Docket # 2.)

The clerk shall close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: March 12, 2008 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

Case 3:07-cv-05785-SI Document 3 Filed 03/12/08 Page 1 of 1