Luis F. Ballesteros v. J. Gastelo
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LUIS F. BALLESTEROS, Case No. 5:20-cv-00995-JVS (AFM) 12 Petitioner, ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING PETITION FOR v.
WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR
LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER
J. GASTELO, Warden,
JURISDICTION Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner, is currently serving a sentence imposed by the Riverside County Superior Court as a result of his 1997 conviction of burglary and multiple counts of rape. On May 4, 2020, he filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging that conviction and sentence. (ECF No. 1.) This is not Petitioner’s first petition. He previously filed a habeas corpus petition in this Court challenging his 1997 conviction and sentence. Case No. 5:05- cv-01130-JVS(MLG).1 On April 14, 2006, judgment was entered dismissing the petition with prejudice as untimely. Petitioner’s requests for a certificate of appealability were denied both by this Court and by the Ninth Circuit. 27 1 The Court…