Adrian Demon Johnwell v. Christian Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
CIVIL MINUTES — GENERAL
ED CV 19-01591-JGB (DFM) Date: November 7, 2019 Title Adrian Demon Johnwell v. Christian Pfeiffer
Present: The Honorable Douglas F. McCormick, United States Magistrate Judge
Deputy Clerk Not Present Attorney(s) for Plaintiff(s): Attorney(s) for Defendant(s): Not Present Not Present Proceedings: (IN CHAMBERS) Order to Show Cause
On July 13, 2019, Adrian Demon Johnwell (“Petitioner’’) initiated this action by filing in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody. See Dkt. 1 (“Petition”). The Ninth Circuit deemed the Petition filed in this Court on that date. See Dkt. 2. This Court then ordered Petitioner to show cause why his claim was not time-barred under AEDPA. See Dkt. 5. Petitioner has filed a response in which he claims actual innocence based on DNA fingerprinting which recently became available to him. See Dkt. 6 at 1 (“T just recently discovered that DNA fingerprinting will exonerate me.”).…