Leonard Louie Ochoa v. A. Cardenas
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
O 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LEONARD LOUIE OCHOA, Case No. 2:19-cv-08437-MWF (KES) Petitioner,
ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS
v.
PETITION AS SUCCESSIVE
A. CARDENAS, Warden, Respondent. 16 On September 30, 2019, Petitioner Leonard Louie Ochoa (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. 1 [“Petition”].) Petitioner also consented to having a United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case. (Dkt. 2.) The Petition is the fifth habeas corpus petition that Petitioner has filed stemming from his 2014 state court conviction and sentence in California case number GA 084672. Under Rule 4 of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, a habeas petition filed by a prisoner in state custody “must” be summarily dismissed “[i]f it plainly appears from the petition and any attached exhibits that the petitioner is not…