Rudy Vasquez v. Ralph Diaz
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) 11 RUDY VASQUEZ, ) Case No. CV 20-8449-JLS (JPR) 12 Petitioner, ) )
ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR
13 v. ) WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR LACK 14
KATHLEEN ALLISON, CDCR
) ) OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION 15 Secretary,1 ) )
Respondent. ) 16 17 On September 14, 2020, Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a 18 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody, 19 challenging his 1994 convictions for murder and attempted murder. 20 This is his second federal habeas petition challenging that state- 21 court judgment. He first filed one on August 23, 2016; the Court 22 denied it on the merits and dismissed it with prejudice on 23 September 10, 2017. See Vasquez v. Spearman, No. CV 16-6333-JLS 24
25 1 The Petition names Ralph Diaz, the former CDCR Secretary, as Respondent. (See Pet. at 1.) Kathleen Allison is the current CDCR 26 Secretary; she is therefore substituted in as the proper Respondent. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d); R. 2(a), Rs.…