Covello
Warren Davis v. Covello
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 WARREN DAVIS, ) No. CV 19-7249 PA (FFM) ) 11 Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY v. ) ) P DE IST MIT II SO SN E DS H AO SU UL ND E N XO HT A UB SE T ED )
COVELLO (WARDEN), )
) 14 ) Respondent. ) 15 ) 16 The petitioner (“Petitioner”), a prisoner in state custody proceeding pro se, 17 filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) on or about August 7, 18 2019. Petitioner challenges a 2014 conviction and sentence entered in the 19 Superior Court of Los Angeles County. 20 1. FAILURE TO EXHAUST 21 A. The Court may not consider a petition that includes unexhausted 22 claims. 23 Under the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 24 (“AEDPA”), a federal court will not grant a state prisoner’s petition for writ of 25 habeas corpus unless it appears that the petitioner has fully exhausted available 26 state court remedies with respect to each of the issues presented, or, unlike the 27 instant case, the state has expressly waived the exhaustion issue. See 28 U.S.C.…