Lorenzo Martin v. Warden Sherman

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LORENZO MARTIN, Case No. 2:19-cv-09080-AB (GJS)

Petitioner, ORDER: DISMISSING PETITION

AS SECOND OR SUCCESSIVE;

v. DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY; AND

WARDEN SHERMAN, REFERRING PETITION

PURSUANT TO NINTH CIRCUIT

Respondent. RULE 22-3(a)

17 On June 26, 2018, Petitioner filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California (the “First Petition”). The First Petition challenged Petitioner’s conviction sustained in Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BA394946 (the “State Conviction”) and raised as Petitioner’s federal habeas claims three of the same claims that he had raised in his state direct appeal. The First Petition was transferred to this District on August 14, 2018, was assigned Case No. CV 18-7173-AB (GJS), and was served on Respondent the next day. Briefing ensued, the United States Magistrate Judge …