Brian Keith Laws v. W.J. Sullivan

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 BRIAN KEITH LAWS, ) NO. CV 20-9202-FMO(E) ) Petitioner, ) ) v. ) ORDER OF DISMISSAL ) W.J. SULLIVAN (Warden), ) et al., ) ) Respondents. ) ______________________________) 17 Petitioner filed a “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus By a Person in State Custody” on October 6, 2020. The Petition seeks to challenge a 1993 Los Angeles Superior Court criminal judgment (Petition, p. 2). 22 Petitioner previously challenged this same Superior Court judgment in a prior habeas corpus petition filed in this Court. See Laws v. Lamarque, CV 02-1032-RSWL(PJW). On April 18, 2005, this Court entered Judgment in Laws v. Lamarque, CV 02-1032-RSWL(PJW), denying and dismissing the prior petition on the merits with prejudice. /// The Court must dismiss the present Petition in accordance with 28 U.S.C. section 2244(b) (as amended by the “Antiterrorism and Effective…