Joseph Nichols III v. Christian Pfeiffer

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 JOSEPH NICHOLS, III, ) Case No. CV 19-6356 DSF(JC) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER (1) SUMMARILY ) DISMISSING PETITION FOR WRIT CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, ) OF HABEAS CORPUS AND ) ACTION; AND (2) DENYING A ) CERTIFICATE OF Respondent. ) APPEALABILITY ______________________________ ) 16 I. SUMMARY On July 23, 2019, petitioner Joseph Nichols, III, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition”), with an attachment (alternatively, “Petition Att.”) and exhibits (alternatively, “Petition Ex.”). The attachment and exhibits include a habeas petition filed with the California Supreme Court (“State Petition”) and a partial transcript of petitioner’s July 18, 2018 hearing before the California Board of Parole Hearings (“Board”). See Petition Att.; Petition Ex. C. 26…