William Barton v. Superior Court

I. BACKGROUND

18 On December 6, 2019, Petitioner William Ray Barton (“Petitioner”) filed a 19 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”). Pet., Dkt. No. 1. 20 Petitioner was convicted of his underlying criminal offense in 1976. Pet. at 2. 21 Although Petitioner references a guilty plea and asserts that he is not guilty, the 22 Petition’s grounds for relief are not clear. Id. at 3. Records of the California Supreme 23 Court indicate that Petitioner has not filed any appeals or state habeas petitions with 24 that court.1 25

26 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. 27 201(b)(2) (providing that a court may take judicial notice of adjudicative facts that 28 “can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot 1 This Court has received multiple habeas petitions from Petitioner starting in 2 2018, all of which have been dismissed for failure to exhaust state court remedies. 3 See Barton v. People State of California, CV 18-5863-FMO-RAO (C.D. Cal., filed 4 July 3, 2018); Barton v. Superior Court, CV…