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Parties Involved:
Scott Frauenheim
Respondent
Christian Perez
Petitioner

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

E-Filed 1/28/16

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CHRISTIAN PEREZ,

Petitioner,

v.

SCOTT FRAUENHEIM, Warden, Pleasant 

Valley State Prison, Coalinga, California,

Respondent.

PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF 

CALIFORNIA,

Real Party in Interest.

Case No. 14-cv-03551-HRL 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

Re: Dkt. No. 5

Petitioner Christian Perez (“Perez”) was convicted of several crimes in April of 2010. The 

Supreme Court of California denied his petition for direct review and he remains incarcerated. 

Dkt. No. 1 at 5. Perez petitions this court for federal habeas relief. Perez expressly consented to 

magistrate jurisdiction. Dkt. No. 7. Respondent has not yet appeared in this litigation.

A district court must ordinarily dismiss habeas petitions that contain claims the petitioner 

has not yet fully exhausted within the state-court system. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b), (c); Rose v. Lundy, 

455 U.S. 509, 513-14 (1982). A district court has limited discretion to hold an improper petition 

in abeyance instead of dismissing it. Rhines v. Weber, 544 U.S. 269, 276-77 (2005). 

Perez claims he received ineffective assistance of counsel, but Perez also admits he did not 

exhaust his “state collateral relief” options for that claim. Dkt. No. 4-1 at 1. The court ruled that 

Perez’s petition shall not be held in abeyance. Dkt. No. 5. Perez’s habeas petition is dismissed 

because it includes an unexhausted claim.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 1/28/16

HOWARD R. LLOYD

United States Magistrate Judge

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