Pfeiffer

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 12 Case No. CV 20-4511 JVS (MRW) 13 MAURICE WASHINGTON,

ORDER DISMISSING ACTION

14 Petitioner,

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

15 v. 16 C. PFEIFFER, Warden, 17 Respondent. 18

19 The Court summarily dismisses this action – Petitioner’s third in this 20 district court – pursuant to the successive habeas petition rule under 21 28 U.S.C. §§ 2243 and 2244. 22 * * * 23 1. Petitioner is currently serving a life term in state prison based 24 on his 1996 robbery conviction. He seeks to challenge his sentence under 25 California’s Three Strikes law. 26 2. Petitioner previously sought habeas relief in this Court related 27 to that conviction and sentence on two occasions. The Court dismissed 28 1 Petitioner’s 2009 habeas action as untimely. Washington v. McDonald, No. 2 CV 09-2632 JVS (AJW) (C.D. Cal.). The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 3 denied a certificate of appealability of that case. 4 3. Petitioner’s 2015 habeas action was dismissed as successive in 5 the district court. Washington v. Soto, No. CV 15-4626 JVS (AJW)…