Johnny Porras v. Scott Kernan

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7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 JOHNNY PORRAS Case No. 2:19-cv-02363-CJC (SHK) 12 Petitioner, 13

ORDER DENYING PETITION,

v. DISMISSING CASE, AND 14

DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF

SCOTT KERNAN, et al., APPEALABILITY 15

16 Respondents. 17 18 19 I. BACKGROUND 20 On February 21, 2019, Petitioner Johnny Porras (“Petitioner”), a California 21 State prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C § 2254 (“Petition”) in the Northern District of California 23 (“Northern District”). Electronic Case Filing (“ECF No.”) 1, Petition. On 24 March 25, 2019, the Northern District transferred the Petition to this Court. ECF 25 No. 5, Transfer Order. 26 On April 22, 2019, Petitioner applied to proceed in forma pauperis (“IFP 27 Application”) and, on April 26, 2019, the Court ordered Petitioner “to provide the 1 IFP Application; ECF No. 9, First IFP Order. Petitioner filed a second request to 2 proceed IFP (“Second IFP Application”) and attached his…