Rudy Vasquez v. Ralph Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ) RUDY VASQUEZ, ) Case No. CV 20-8449-JLS (JPR) Petitioner, ) )

ORDER DISMISSING PETITION FOR

v. ) WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS FOR LACK

KATHLEEN ALLISON, CDCR

) ) OF SUBJECT-MATTER JURISDICTION 15 Secretary, ) )

Respondent. ) 16 On September 14, 2020, Petitioner, proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody, challenging his 1994 convictions for murder and attempted murder. This is his second federal habeas petition challenging that state- court judgment. He first filed one on August 23, 2016; the Court denied it on the merits and dismissed it with prejudice on September 10, 2017. See Vasquez v. Spearman, No. CV 16-6333-JLS

1 The Petition names Ralph Diaz, the former CDCR Secretary, as Respondent. (See Pet. at 1.) Kathleen Allison is the current CDCR Secretary; she is therefore substituted in as the proper Respondent. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 25(d); R. 2(a), Rs.…