Willie Lee Foster v. M. Sexton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ) WILLIE LEE FOSTER, ) Case No. CV 17-7963-JEM ) Petitioner, ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER v. ) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS AND DENYING

M. SEXTON, Warden, ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

) Respondent. ) )

PROCEEDINGS

18 On October 31, 2017, Willie Lee Foster (“Petitioner”), a prisoner in state custody, 19 filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254. On 20 December 22, 2017, Petitioner filed a First Amended Petition (“FAP”). On February 14, 21 2018, Warden Sexton (“Respondent”) filed an Answer. On July 31, 2018, Petitioner filed a 22 Traverse. 23 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), both parties have consented to proceed before this 24 Magistrate Judge.

PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

26 On November 2, 2015, a Los Angeles County Superior…