John Ray Gholar v. Gena Jones

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JOHN R. GHOLAR, SR., No. CV 24-9279-ODW(E) Petitioner, v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL GENA JONES, WARDEN, Respondent. 16 17 On October 24, 2024, Petitioner filed in the Eastern District of California a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody” (“Petition”). On October 31, 2024, a transfer of the Petition was received in the Central District of California. 21 Petitioner seeks to challenge his 1987 sodomy conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court (case number A091875), for which Petitioner received a prison sentence of fifteen years (See Petition at 2). Petitioner alleges that he was actually innocent and was the victim of a “miscarriage of justice” (Petition at 6-8). /// /// Petitioner previously has filed a number of federal habeas actions attempting to challenge this same 1987 conviction. See Gholar v. Eldridge, 2019 WL 1766166, at *1-5 (C.D. Cal. Apr. 22, 2019) (“Order of…