Robert John Garcia v. The BPH Board of Parole Hearings

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA WESTERN DIVISION 11 ROBERT JOHN GARCIA, ) No. CV 20-08529-VBF (PLA) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL ) OF HABEAS PETITION THE BPH BOARD OF PAROLE ) HEARINGS, et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ) Robert John Garcia (“petitioner”) initiated this action on September 15, 2020, by filing a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). (ECF No. 1). Petitioner is currently in custody pursuant to his 1973 conviction for first- and second-degree murder (Cal. Penal Code § 187). Liberally construed, several of petitioner’s claims in the Petition appear to attack his 1973 conviction, while other claims appear to challenge a parole denial. Although petitioner’s allegations are to some extent unintelligible, the Court discerns the following claims: …