Issac L. Smith v. The People of the State of California
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 ISSAC L. SMITH, Case No. 2:19-cv-10989-JAK (GJS) 12 Petitioner
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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
POSSIBLE DISMISSAL FOR
14 THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF UNTIMELINESS AND
CALIFORNIA, NONCOGNIZABILITY
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17 On December 12, 2019, Petitioner filed a document in the United States Court 18 of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit entitled “Motion and Definitive Statements 19 Establishing Jurisdiction that Court May Take Notice on Petition To Review.” On 20 December 20, 2019, the Ninth Circuit construed this document as a 28 U.S.C. § 21 2254 habeas petition and ordered that it be transferred to this District and be 22 docketed as “filed” on December 5, 2019, the date on which Petitioner provided it to 23 prison authorities for mailing [Dkt. 1, “Petition”]. 24 The Petition consists of two things: seven pages of narrative that is difficult to 25 follow; and a copy of a September 2018 California Supreme Court habeas petition, 26 which in itself also is difficult to follow as it consists of various jumbled…