Kantee W. Jacobs v. Trent Allen

INTRODUCTION

20 On October 6, 2021, Kantee W. Jacobs (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner proceeding 21 pro se and in forma pauperis, filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in the 22 Northern District of California. (Dkt. No. 1.) Because Petitioner seeks release from custody, he was 23 ordered to file a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 5.) On March 21, 2022, Petitioner 24 filed the operative Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 6 (the 25 “Petition”).) On May 26, 2022, this action was transferred to the Central District of California because 26 Petitioner is challenging a conviction he received in the Los Angeles Superior Court. (Dkt. No. 7.) 27 28 In the Petition, Petitioner challenges a 2009 state court conviction for first degree burglary. (See Petition at 1-2.) This Court previously denied a prior habeas petition filed by Petitioner challenging the same conviction. (See Kantee Wreh Jacobs v. Anthony Hedgepeth, No. CV 11-7463- PSG (FFM) (C.D. Cal. 2011), Dkt. Nos. 1 (the “2011 Petition”), 12, 18, 19.) The 2011 Petition challenged the state court decisions…