Jimmie E. Stephens v. G. Matterson

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES – GENERAL

Case No. 2:24-cv-02386-WDK-AJR Date: March 28, 2024 Page 1 of 7

Title: Jimmie Earl Stephens v. G. Matterson, Warden

DOCKET ENTRY: ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS ACTION SHOULD

NOT BE DISMISSED

PRESENT:

HONORABLE A. JOEL RICHLIN, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

_ Claudia Garcia-Marquez _______None_______ __None__ Deputy Clerk Court Reporter/Recorder Tape No.

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PETITIONER: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR RESPONDENT:

None Present None Present

PROCEEDINGS: (IN CHAMBERS)

On March 17, 2024,1 Jimmie Earl Stephens (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, constructively filed a Petition Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (the “Petition”). (Dkt. 1.) The Petition arises from Petitioner’s 1991 conviction and sentence for second-degree murder. (Id. at 1.)

Petitioner raises four grounds for relief in his Petition. (Id. at 5-10.) First, Petitioner contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel from both his attorney Peters on August 1, 2023 and his trial…