Issac L. Smith v. The People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
ISSAC L. SMITH, Case No. 2:19-cv-10989-JAK (GJS) Petitioner
v.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
POSSIBLE DISMISSAL FOR
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF UNTIMELINESS AND
CALIFORNIA, NONCOGNIZABILITY
15 Respondent.
On December 12, 2019, Petitioner filed a document in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entitled “Motion and Definitive Statements Establishing Jurisdiction that Court May Take Notice on Petition To Review.” On December 20, 2019, the Ninth Circuit construed this document as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition and ordered that it be transferred to this District and be docketed as “filed” on December 5, 2019, the date on which Petitioner provided it to prison authorities for mailing [Dkt. 1, “Petition”]. The Petition consists of two things: seven pages of narrative that is difficult to follow; and a copy of a September 2018 California Supreme Court habeas petition, which in itself also is difficult to follow as it consists of various jumbled…