Esequiel Zamora v. Kern Valley State Prison Warden, M.D. Biter

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA ESEQUIEL ZAMORA, ) CASE NO. CV 19-7294-MWF (PJW) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PETITION ) SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED v. ) ) KERN VALLEY STATE PRISON WARDEN )

M.D. BITER, )

) Respondent. ) ) ) 16 On August 22, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, challenging a 2010 conviction for first degree murder in the Los Angeles County Superior Court. (Petition at 1.) In it, Petitioner contends that the admission of inflammatory evidence deprived him of due process, the sentencing documents contained errors regarding the amount of restitution that was ordered, his trial and appellate counsel were constitutionally ineffective, and his conviction was obtained by inappropriate and perjured testimony . (Petition at 5-6.) From the face of the Petition, it appears that his claims are unexhausted. Alternatively,…