Newcomb
(HC) Bolin v. Newcomb
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PAUL C. BOLIN, Case No. 1:24-cv-00644-KES-HBK (HC) Petitioner, ORDER DENYING REQUEST TO CORRECT
CASE
v. (Doc. No. 5) RACHAEL NEWCOMB et al.,
Respondents. 16 Petitioner Paul C. Bolin, a state prisoner, initiated this action by filing a pro se handwritten pleading titled “Request for Expedited Review, Petitioner is Unlawfully Held,” which the Clerk of Court construed as a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Doc. No. 1, “Petition”). Petitioner accompanied the filing with a $5.00 filing fee. (Receipt No. 10002875). The Petition challenges Petitioner’s 1991 conviction and death sentence for two counts of first-degree murder and one count of attempted first degree murder following a jury trial in the Kern County Superior Court. See Bolin v. Chappell, 2016 WL 3213551, at *6 (E.D. Cal. June 9, 2016), aff'd sub nom. Bolin v. Davis, 13 F.4th 797 (9th Cir. 2021). The Petition alleges numerous grounds for…