Jerome Norman Scott v. Robert Neuschmid

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 JEROME NORMAN SCOTT, ) No. EDCV 19-1733 JAK (FFM) ) 13 Petitioner, ) ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING ) PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS 14 v. ) CORPUS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT ) MATTER JURISDICTION;

ROBERT NEUSCHMID, )

WARDEN, ) REFERRING THE PETITION TO THE

16 ) U.S. COURT OF APPEALS PURSUANT Respondent. ) TO NINTH CIRCUIT RULE 22-3(A);

DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

DISMISSAL OF HABEAS PETITION WITHOUT PREJUDICE On or about September 4, 2019, petitioner Jerome Norman Scott (“Petitioner”) constructively filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition”). Petitioner challenges a conviction and 23 24 1 A pro se prisoner’s relevant filings may be construed as filed on the date they 25 were submitted to prison authorities for mailing, under the prison “mailbox rule” of Houston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266, 108 S. Ct. 2379 (1988). In this case, Petitioner has not attached a proof of service to the Petition; however, the Petition is…