Spearman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

PATRICK GLENN GOODWIN, ) Case No.: 1:17-cv-01604-JLT (HC) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS v. ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO SPEARMAN, Warden, ) ENTER JUDGMENT AND CLOSE CASE Respondent. ) ) ORDER DECLINING ISSUANCE OF ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Petitioner is currently in state prison serving a sentence of four years for his conviction of battery on a person who was not an inmate. On December 4, 2017, he filed the instant habeas action challenging the conviction. As discussed below, the Court finds the claims to be without merit and DENIES the petition. I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY The information charged Petitioner with one count of committing a battery on a nonconfined person in violation of Penal Code section 4501.5. People v. Goodwin, 2017 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1645, at *1 (Cal. Ct. App. Mar. 9, 2017). In addition, the information alleged…