Jesse James Palato v. Dwayne Hamilton

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ) JESSE JAMES PALATO, ) Case No. CV 19-0346-JEM ) Petitioner, ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER v. ) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS AND DENYING DWAYNE HAMILTON, et al., ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ) Respondents. ) )

PROCEEDINGS

18 On January 16, 2019, Jesse James Palato (“Petitioner”), a state parolee, filed a 19 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 (“Petition”). On April 20 11, 2019, Warden Hamilton (“Respondent”) filed a motion to dismiss the Petition as partially 21 unexhausted. On January 2, 2020, the Court denied the motion without prejudice and 22 directed Respondent to file an Answer. On January 30, 2020, Respondent filed an Answer. 23 On February 21, 2020, Petitioner filed a Traverse. 24 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), both…