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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALEJANDRO ESPINOZA, ) NO. CV 20-8334-MWF (KS)

11 ) Petitioner, )

ORDER: DISMISSING PETITION FOR

v. ) ) WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT CATE, et al, ) PREJUDICE; AND DENYING ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY Respondents. ) _________________________________ )

17 On September 9, 2020, Alejandro Espinoza (“Petitioner”), a California state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody (the “Petition”) under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 1.) In the Petition, Petitioner challenges a 2007 state court conviction for burglary, attempted first degree burglary in concert, and, inter alia, assault with a deadly weapon. (Petition at 2.) This Court previously denied a prior habeas petition filed by Petitioner challenging the same conviction. Espinoza v. Sandor, C.D. Cal. CV 09-6228-PSG (FFM), at Dkt. Nos. 1 (“2009…