Danny Jerome Young v. Daniel E. Cueva

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DANNY JEROME YOUNG, ) NO. CV 20-8304-CJC(E) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) DANIEL E. CUEVA, Warden (A), ) ) Respondent. ) ______________________________) 16 17 BACKGROUND 19 On September 9, 2020, Petitioner filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody.” The Petition seeks to challenge a 1982 Los Angeles criminal judgment. Petitioner previously challenged this same state court judgment in a prior federal habeas petition filed in this Court. See Young v. Evans, CV 05-0442-ABC(Mc). On October 19, 2005, this Court entered Judgment in Young v. Evans, CV 05-0442-ABC(Mc), dismissing the prior petition as untimely. /// /// DISCUSSION 2 Section 2244(b) of Title 28, United States Code, requires that a petitioner seeking to file a “second or successive” habeas petition first obtain authorization from the Court of…