Jamaal D. Thomas v. Raybon Johnson

Case 2:22-cv-02131-CAS-JEM Document Filed 04/06/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ) JAMAAL D. THOMAS, ) Case No. CV 22-2131-CAS (JEM) ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING v. ) PETITION AND DENYING A CERTIFICATE ) OF APPEALABILITY RAYBON JOHNSON, ) ) Respondent. ) ) 17 On March 31, 2022, Jamaal D. Thomas (“Petitioner”) filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus by a person in state custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition” or “Pet.”). Petitioner challenges his 2008 conviction and sentence in Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. MA037182 (“2008 Conviction”). (Pet. at 2.)1 PRIOR PROCEEDINGS Pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 201, the Court takes judicial notice of the records in Petitioner’s prior federal habeas corpus action in this Court, Jamaal Thomas v. Terry Virga, Case No. CV 10-6364-CAS (JEM) (“2010 Habeas Action”). See United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980)…