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Parties Involved:
Rosemary Pfeiffer
Respondent
Shirley V. Remmert
Petitioner

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHIRLEY V. REMMERT,

Petitioner,

 v.

PROBATE COURT JUDGE ROSEMARY

PFEIFFER,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-00825 CRB

ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS

PETITION

Petitioner Shirley V. Remmert brings this habeas corpus petition to challenge the

appointment of a conservator for her daughter Eva D. Al-Zaghari, as well as the issuance of a

an order preventing Ms. Remmert from visiting her daughter and her grandson.

Ms. Remmert’s petition must be dismissed for failure to state a claim. To bring a

petition for habeas corpus, a petitioner must be “in custody.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254; see also

Maleng v. Cook, 490 U.S. 488, 490-91(1989) (holding that a habeas petitioner must be in

custody “under the conviction or sentence under attack at the time his petition is filed.”). Ms.

Remmert does not and cannot allege that she is in custody. Accordingly, this action is

DISMISSED. Ms. Remmert is directed to not file any further habeas petitions unless and 

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until she is in custody and has exhausted all of her state remedies.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 23, 2007 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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