Charles Singletary v. James S. Hill
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
O 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CHARLES SINGLETARY, Case No. EDCV 22-02130 CAS (RAO)
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER RE:
v. SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF
PETITION FOR WRIT OF HABEAS
JAMES S. HILL, CORPUS AND DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Respondent. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION On November 21, 2022, Petitioner Charles Singletary (“Petitioner”), then a prisoner at the California Institution for Men in Chino, California, and proceeding pro se, filed the instant Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). Dkt. No. 1. The Petition raises claims of ineffective assistance of counsel and cruel and unusual punishment in the imposition of an excessive sentence. Pet. at 6-11. As of November 30, 2022, Petitioner had neither paid the filing fee nor filed an in forma pauperis (“IFP”) application. Dkt. No. 2. On June 12, 2023, the…