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Parties Involved:
Robertson
Respondent
Jonathan R. Salazar
Petitioner

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JONATHAN R. SALAZAR, AH8383, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

WARDEN ROBERTSON, 

Respondent. 

Case No. 19-cv-01448-CRB (PR) 

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION 

FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS 

CORPUS FOR FAILURE TO 

EXHAUST 

Petitioner, a state prisoner incarcerated at Pelican Bay State Prison (PBSP), seeks a writ of 

habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging a prison disciplinary finding that resulted in his 

being “assessed 360 days loss of clean conduct credits.” ECF No. 1 (Pet.) at 27. 

Prisoners in state custody who wish to challenge in federal habeas corpus proceedings 

either the fact or length of their confinement (or decisions affecting the 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 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). The petition for a writ of habeas corpus therefore is DISMISSED 

without prejudice to petitioner filing a new petition after exhausting state judicial remedies. The 

clerk is directed to close the file. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 6, 2019 

______________________________________ 

CHARLES R. BREYER 

United States District Judge 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of Californi

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JONATHAN R. SALAZAR, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

ROBERTSON, 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:19-cv-01448-CRB 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. 

District Court, Northern District of California. 

That on May 6, 2019, I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by placing 

said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by 

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office delivery 

receptacle located in the Clerk's office. 

Jonathan R. Salazar ID: AH8383

Pelican Bay State Prison 

P.O. Box 7500 

Crescent City, CA 95532 

Dated: May 6, 2019 

Susan Y. Soong 

Clerk, United States District Court 

By:________________________ 

Lashanda Scott, Deputy Clerk to the 

Honorable CHARLES R. BREYER 

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