Romont Hagan v. The People of State California

I. INTRODUCTION

Pending before the Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (“Petition”) filed by Romont Edtwaine Hagan (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner at California State Prison, Corcoran. [Dkt. No. 1, p. 1]. Petitioner asserts four grounds for habeas relief. [Id., pp. 2, 6-9]. The Court’s review of the Petition, the Court’s own records, and public records reveals that the Petition has a number of deficiencies. These deficiencies, discussed in more detail below, are potentially grounds for dismissal of this case. For the reasons discussed below, Petitioner is ORDERED TO SHOW CAUSE in writing by September 4, 2020 why the instant Petition should not be dismissed with prejudice. 1 Where necessary, the Court takes judicial notice of the public records. 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, 11 (9th Cir. 1980) (“[A] court may take judicial notice of its own records in other cases, as well as the…