Fuhrman v. Ferry County Superior Court

• Court: District Court, E.D. Washington
• Decided: June 14, 2021
• Docket: 2:21-cv-00083
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 FILED IN THE EASTERU N. S D. I SD TI RS IT CR TI C OT F C WO AU SR HT I NGTON 2 Jun 14, 2021

3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SEAN F. MCAVOY, CLERK EASTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 4 MICHAEL B. FUHRMAN, No. 2:21-cv-00083-SMJ 5 Petitioner, 6 ORDER DISMISSING PETITION v. 7 FERRY COUNTY SUPERIOR 8 COURT,

9 Respondent.

10 11 By Order filed April 6, 2021, the Court directed Petitioner Michael B. 12 Fuhrman, a prisoner housed at the Ferry County Jail in Republic, Washington, to 13 file an amended petition. ECF No. 4. Petitioner is proceeding pro se and in forma 14 pauperis. Respondent has not been served. Petitioner did not comply with the 15 Court’s Order and has filed nothing further in this action. 16 Petitioner did not name a proper respondent in his federal petition seeking 17 habeas corpus relief. Therefore, the Court has no jurisdiction over his federal 18 habeas claims. See Rumsfeld v. Padilla, 542 U.S. 426 (2004); Stanley v. Cal. 19 Supreme Court, 21 F.3d 359, 360 (9th Cir. 1994). Furthermore, it was unclear 20 1 from Petitioner’s submission whether he was in custody pursuant to a judgment of 2 conviction or was still awaiting trial.

3 Regardless, Plaintiff did not present facts showing he has exhausted his 4 state court remedies regarding his speedy trial arguments as is required prior to 5 presenting these claims to the federal courts. See, e.g., Braden v. 30th Judicial

6 Circuit Court, 410 U.S. 484, 489–92 (1973); Carden v. Montana, 626 F.2d 82, 83 7 (9th Cir. 1980). To the extent Petitioner’s state criminal proceedings are still 8 pending, the Court finds it proper to abstain from intervening in those proceedings 9 under Younger v Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).

10 It plainly appears from his single page petition that Petitioner is not entitled 11 to relief in this Court at this time. Therefore, for the reasons set forth above and in 12 the Court’s Order to Proceed In Forma Pauperis and to File Amended Petition,

13 ECF No. 4, the Court finds it appropriate to dismiss this action without prejudice 14 for failure to exhaust state court remedies. 15 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 16 1. The Petition, ECF No. 1, is DISMISSED WITHOUT

17 PREJUDICE pursuant to Rule 4, Rules Governing Section 2254 18 Cases in the United States District Courts, for failure to exhaust state 19 court remedies.

20 1 2. The Clerk’s Office is directed to ENTER JUDGMENT and CLOSE 2 this file. 3 3. The Court certifies that an appeal from this decision could not be 4 taken in good faith and there is no basis upon which to issue a

5 Certificate of Appealability. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(a)(3), 2253(c); 6 Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). 7 IT IS SO ORDERED. The Clerk’s Office is directed to enter this Order 8 || and provide a copy to Petitioner. 9 DATED this 14" day of June 2021.

10 saan SA=VADOR MENDGEA, JR. 11 United States District Juége 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20