William Barton v. San Joaquin
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
9 10 WILLIAM BARTON, Case No. CV 20-00078 FMO (RAO)
Petitioner,
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
v. RE SUMMARY DISMISSAL OF
PETITION FOR WRIT OF
SAN JOAQUIN, HABEAS CORPUS AND DENIAL
OF CERTIFICATE OF
Respondent. APPEALABILITY 15 16 I. BACKGROUND On January 3, 2020, Petitioner William Ray Barton (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”). Pet., Dkt. No. 1. Petitioner was convicted of his underlying criminal offense in 1976. Pet. at 2. Petitioner asserts that he can prove his innocence if he has a trial. Id. at 3. Records of the California Supreme Court indicate that Petitioner has not filed any appeals or state habeas petitions with that court.1
1 The Court takes judicial notice of the records of the California Supreme Court, which are available at http://appellatecases.courtinfo.ca.gov. See Fed. R. Evid. 201(b)(2) (providing that a court may take judicial notice of adjudicative facts that 27 “can be…