Serbel

I. BACKGROUND/PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

Jones was charged by amended information with seven crimes committed in connection with a domestic disturbance that allegedly occurred over a two-day period. On direct appeal of his conviction, the California Court of Appeals recounted the following facts underlying the charges against Jones and the evidence presented at trial: [Jones’s] Relationship with Tiffany Lew Tiffany Lew (Tiffany) lived with her three children, ages seven, five, and two. In January 2014, she met [Jones] through Facebook. They dated for about three months. The relationship changed and [Jones] became “physical” in late April. They got into an argument, and [Jones] grabbed her and smashed her phone. He threw rocks at her windshield, which he later paid to fix. They broke up after this incident and Tiffany became sexually involved with someone else. She told [Jones] this, and he was angry and called her names. They kept Daniel E. Cueva, Acting Warden, California Medical Facility, is substituted for Kimberly A. Serbel, former Warden, Deuel Vocational Institution. FED. R. CIV. P. 25(c). in contact. One night when they were together, he would not let her leave and…