Curva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DANIEL WAYNE GROGAN, Case No. 2:20-cv-03483-JAK (GJS)

Petitioner

v. ORDER: SUMMARILY

DISMISSING PETITION

CURVA, WITHOUT PREJUDICE; AND

DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

Respondent. APPEALABILITY

This 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas action commenced on April 15, 2020, when the habeas petition submitted by Petitioner was formally filed [Dkt. 1, the “Petition”]. The Petition challenges a July 2018 Los Angeles County Superior Court conviction suffered by Petitioner following his nolo contendere plea to an attempted robbery with use of a firearm charge. [Petition at 1.] The Petition alleges four claims based on allegations that: the plea agreement underlying Petitioner’s conviction has been breached; there have been Brady violations; Petitioner’s counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to adequately investigate whether Petitioner’s prior State of Washington conviction constituted a…