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Parties Involved:
Paul Kevin Brewer
Petitioner
California Department of Corrections
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PAUL KEVIN BREWER,

Petitioner,

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CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF

CORRECTIONS,

Respondent.

 

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No. C 05-5284 CRB (PR)

ORDER OF DISMISSAL

(Doc # 2)

Paul Kevin Brewer has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28

U.S.C. § 2254 seeking a “court ordered discharge” of his parole in California. 

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). Brewer 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); Larche v. Simons, 53 F.3d 1068, 1071-72 (9th Cir. 1995)

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(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 therefore

is DISMISSED without prejudice to refiling after state judicial remedies are

exhausted.

The clerk shall close the file and terminate all pending motions (see, e.g.,

doc # 2) as moot. No fee is due. 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: Jan 3, 2006 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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