Joseph Nichols, III v. Christian Pfeiffer
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 JOSEPH NICHOLS, III, ) Case No. 2:19-cv-10235-DSF-JC 11 ) Petitioner, ) 12 ) ORDER DISMISSING PETITION v. ) FOR WRIT OF HABEAS 13 ) CORPUS AND ACTION CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER, Warden, ) WITHOUT PREJUDICE 14 ) ) 15 Respondent. ) ________________________________ ) 16
I. SUMMARY
17 On December 3, 2019, petitioner Joseph Nichols, III, who is proceeding pro 18 se, formally filed a Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by 19 a Person in State Custody (“Current Federal Petition”). The Current Federal 20 Petition challenges petitioner’s 1993 conviction and sentence in Los Angeles 21 County Superior Court Case No. PA007472 (“State Case”). 22 Based on the record (including facts as to which this Court takes judicial 23 notice as detailed below) and the applicable law, the Current Federal Petition and 24 this action are dismissed without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction because 25…