Zuri Sana-Kabisa Young v. R.L. Johnson

Case 5:23-cv-00436-ODW-E Document Filed 03/16/ Page 1 of Page ID #:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ZURI SANA-KABISA YOUNG, ) NO. ED CV 23-436-ODW(E) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) R. L. JOHNSON, CDCR, ET AL., ) ) ) Respondents. ) ______________________________) 17 On March 13, 2023, Petition filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody.” The Petition challenges a 1998 San Bernardino Superior Court criminal judgment (Petition at 2). Petitioner previously challenged this same Superior Court criminal judgment in a federal habeas petition, which was filed in 2001 and denied with prejudice in the same year. See Young v. Terhune, ED CV 01-474-GLT(E). 25 The Court must dismiss the present Petition in accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b). Section 2244(b) requires that a petitioner seeking to file a “second or successive” habeas petition first obtain Case…