Mitchell v. CDCR Director

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 12 KENYATTA Q. MITCHELL, Case No.: 24-cv-01080-AJB-BJC

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v.

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS AND

C. PFIEFFER, Warden, et al., DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF Respondents. APPEALABILITY 17 18 Presently before the Court is a Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 by Kenyatta Q. Mitchell, a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis. (Doc. No. 1.) Respondent filed an Answer and lodged the state court record. (Doc. Nos. 14–15.) Petitioner filed a Traverse with a supporting brief. (Doc. Nos. 18– 19.) /// ///

Although this case was referred to the assigned United States Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B), the Court has determined that neither a Report and Recommendation nor oral I. Background On December 14, 2016, a San Diego County Superior Court jury found Petitioner guilty of second-degree robbery. (Lodgment No. 1 at 104–07, Doc. No. 15-1.) …