Ronnie Dave Lewis v. B. Cates

Case 2:23-cv-00718-JVS-JDE Document Filed 02/01/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

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6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION RONNIE DAVE LEWIS, ) No. 2:23-cv-00718-JVS-JDE ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE v. ) ) WHY THE PETITION SHOULD B. CATES, (Warden), ) ) NOT BE DISMISSED ) Respondent. ) )

I. INTRODUCTION On January 30, 2023, the Court received from Ronnie Dave Lewis (“Petitioner”), an inmate at the California Correctional Institution in Tehachapi, California, proceeding pro se, a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, on a state court form, seeking to challenge his 2017 convictions for of pimping and human trafficking of a minor for a commercial sex act, resulting in a sentence of two consecutive of life without the possibility of parole, in the California Superior Court for the County of Los Angeles. Dkt. 1 (“Petition” or “Pet.”) at 1,…