Natalie Elizabeth Garcia v. Molly Hill, Warden
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NATALIE ELIZABETH Case No. CV 24-4897-DMG (E)
GARCIA,
12 Petitioner, ORDER OF DISMISSAL 13 v. 14 MOLLY HILL, Warden, 15 Respondent. 17 Petitioner filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody” on June 6, 2024. The Petition challenges the 2010 criminal judgment in Superior Court Case No. PA 063463 (Petition at 2). Petitioner previously challenged this same judgment in a prior habeas corpus petition filed in this Court. See Garcia v. Johnson, CV 12-680-DMG(JEM). On January 3, 2013, this Court entered judgment in Garcia v. Johnson, CV 12-680-DMG(JEM), denying and dismissing the prior petition with prejudice. The Court must dismiss the present Petition in accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b) (as amended by the “Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996”). Section 2244(b) requires that a petitioner seeking to file a “second or successive” habeas petition first obtain authorization from the court of appeals. See || Burton v.…