Anthony Thompson v. Ralph Diaz

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY THOMPSON, Case No. 2:20-08997 JVS (ADS) Petitioner,

v. ORDER DISMISSING HABEAS CORPUS

PETITION AND DENYING

RALPH DIAZ, CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Respondent.

Before the Court is a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (“Petition”) filed by Petitioner Anthony Thompson, an inmate at Correctional Training Facility in Soledad, California. [Dkt. No. 1]. The Court’s review of the Petition, the Court’s own records, and public records reveals that this Petition is a second or successive petition and Petitioner has not obtained permission from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals before filing it. I. RELEVANT BACKGROUND A review of Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) reflects that Petitioner previously filed three Petitions for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody in the Central District of California in 1999, 2000, and 2005. Petitioner’s first habeas…