Warden

Juan Delgado v. Warden

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United States District Court, Central District of CaliforniaNovember 16, 20202:20-cv-08332California775 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 JUAN DELGADO, ) Case No. CV 20-8332-PA (JPR) ) Petitioner, ) ) ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING HABEAS v. ) PETITION ) WARDEN, ) ) Respondent. ) ) 16 On September 10, 2020, Petitioner filed an untitled document that appeared to challenge one or more criminal convictions from a decade or so ago. Because the “Petition” was not submitted on either the national form appended to the Habeas Rules or the habeas form approved and supplied by the Central District of California, see R. 2(d), Rs. Governing § 2254 Cases in U.S. Dist. Cts. (authorizing district court to require by local rule that habeas petitions be filed in form prescribed by rule); see also C.D. Cal. R. 83-16.1, the Magistrate Judge on September 17 dismissed the Petition with leave to amend. She instructed Petitioner to file an amended petition on the required form, which she directed the Clerk to provide to him, no later than 1 October 17 and warned him that if he did not his…

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