Carl Eugene Gowdy v. Brian Kibler
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 CARL EUGENE GOWDY, Case No. CV 20-9944-CJC (PD)
Petitioner, ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE:
DISMISSAL OF HABEAS
v.
PETITION
BRIAN KIBLER, Warden, Respondent.
16 On October 21, 2020, Petitioner Carl Eugene Gowdy filed a Petition 17 under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his 2011 state conviction for murder. 18 The Court issues this Order to Show Cause directed to Petitioner because the 19 face of the Petition suggests that it is an unauthorized second or successive 20 petition.
I. Procedural History
22 In 2011, a Los Angeles Superior Court jury convicted Petitioner of first- 23 degree murder and found true several sentencing enhancements. Petitioner 24 was sentenced to fifty years to life in state prison. Petitioner appealed, and 25 the California Court of Appeal affirmed the judgment in September 2012. 26 27 28 [Dkt. No. 1 at 2-3.] Petitioner then filed a petition for review in the California Supreme Court, which denied the petition on December 12, 2012.2 He did not file a…