Gonzalez Figeroa v. Montgomery

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBERTO GONZALEZ FIGUEROA, Case No.: 3:17-cv-02572-GPC-JLB

JR.,

ORDER ADOPTING REPORTS AND

Petitioner, RECOMMENDATIONS, AND v. DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT

OF HABEAS CORPUS

WARREN L. MONTGOMERY, Warden, 15 Respondent. [ECF Nos. 1, 11, 20] 16 Petitioner Alberto Gonzalez Figueroa, Jr. (“Petitioner”), a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. ECF No. 1. The Petition made four claims, the fourth claim not being presented in the California Supreme Court. Id. at 6–9. Notices were sent regarding possible dismissal of the Petition for failure to exhaust state court remedies, ECF Nos. 3 and 4, and Petitioner elected to abandon the fourth claim, ECF No. 7. Respondent 23

25 1 References to specific page numbers in a document filed in this case correspond to the page numbers assigned by the Court’s Electronic Case Filing (“ECF”) system. 27 Warren L.…