Michael Lynn Waters v. W. Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MICHAEL LYNN WATERS, Case No. CV 19-7454 RGK (PVC) Petitioner, v. ORDER OF DISMISSAL W. SULLIVAN, Warden, Respondent. 16 I. INTRODUCTION 19 On September 26, 2019, Petitioner Michael Lynn Waters, a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a document captioned “Petition for Writ of Mandate,” (“Petition,” Dkt. No. 2), which the Court construes as a habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (“Order,” Dkt. No. 10). Although the Petition is nearly unintelligible, Petitioner appears to be challenging the denial of his habeas petition in the California Supreme Court on August 14, 2019 on the grounds that the petition was untimely, successive, and repetitive, (Petition at 2, 7), and, potentially, that state court’s concurrent denial of a petition for writ of mandate against the California Court of Appeal that concerned a dispute about the proper venue for filing…