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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JESSICA VEGA, ) NO. CV 18-10201-KS

11 Petitioner, ) ) v. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ) ) JANEL ESPINOZA, ) ) Respondent. ) _________________________________ )

17 INTRODUCTION 19 On December 7, 2018, Petitioner, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 1.) The operative pleading is the Second Amended Petition (“SAP”), which Petitioner filed on January 25, 2019. (Dkt. No. 8.) On June 12, 2019, Respondent filed an Answer to the SAP and lodged with the Court the relevant state court records. (Dkt. Nos. 20, 21.) On July 19, 2019, Petitioner filed a Reply. (Dkt. No. 28.) The parties have consented to the jurisdiction of the undersigned Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c). (Dkt.…