Bush v. Davis

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 4 NOLAN JAY BUSH, Case No. 20-cv-01254-WHO (PR) Petitioner, 5 ORDER OF DISMISSAL v. 6 7 RONALD DAVIS, Dkt. No. 11 Respondent. 8 9 10 INTRODUCTION 11 Petitioner Nolan Jay Bush seeks federal habeas relief under

28 U.S.C. § 2254

from 12 the state’s denial of his request to be resentenced under new state laws. He is not eligible 13 for resentencing. Moreover, the state’s denial of his request presents a state law claim, 14 which cannot constitute grounds for federal habeas relief. Both reasons require that I 15 dismiss Bush’s…