Shawn Jones v. Kelly Santoro

BACKGROUND

24 On December 17, 2019 (per proof of service), Shawn Jones (“Petitioner”) 25 constructively filed a typed Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State 26 Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (the “Petition”). (Dkt. 1.) 27 The following facts are taken from the Petition, from the Court’s own 28 records, or from public records; where necessary, the Court takes judicial notice of the latter. See Fed. R. Evid. 201(b)(2) (“The court may judicially notice a fact that is not subject to reasonable dispute because it … can be accurately and readily determined from sources whose accuracy cannot reasonably be questioned.”); United States v. Wilson, 631 F.2d 118, 119 (9th Cir. 1980) (“[A] court may take judicial notice of its own records in other cases, as well as the records of an inferior court in other cases.”). Petitioner was convicted in 2014 of armed robbery and related crimes. (Dkt. 1 at 2.1) The California Court of Appeal affirmed his conviction. People v. Jones, No. B258757, 2016 WL 816486, 2016 Cal. App. Unpub. LEXIS 1493 (Mar. 2, 2016). He next filed a petition for review by the California Supreme Court which 12 …