Abraham v. Black

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 ARTHUR ABRAHAM, Case No. 19-cv-02858-EMC 5 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR 6 v. WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS 7 CINDY BLACK, Docket No. 1 8 Respondent. 9 10 11 I. INTRODUCTION 12 Arthur Abraham filed this action for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2254

13 to challenge the state court’s denial of his petition for release from a state hospital to which he had 14 been committed years ago as an insanity acquittee. Respondent has filed an answer to the petition, 15 and Mr. Abraham has filed a traverse. For the…