Jose Manuel Lopez v. Scott Kernan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA JOSE MANUEL LOPEZ, ) CASE NO. CV 19-7558-SVW (PJW) ) Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY PETITION ) SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED v. ) ) SCOTT KERNAN, SECRETARY, CDCR, )

ET AL., )

) Respondents. ) )) ) 16 On August 30, 2019, Petitioner filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, in which he challenges the sentence of 17 years to life that was imposed in 1991 in the Los Angeles County Superior Court after he was convicted on two counts of attempted first degree murder. (Petition at 1.) He appears to contend that under a change of law in California he is now considered a “youthful offender” who is entitled to have his sentence reconsidered by the trial court.1 24 25 26 Petitioner’s additional argument regarding his claim, which he states is continued in section “6.b.” (Petition at 3), is unfortunately missing from the Court’s copy…