Alberto Casillas v. George Jaime

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 ) ALBERTO CASILLAS, ) Case No. CV 20-2167-JEM ) Petitioner, ) ) MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER v. ) DENYING PETITION FOR WRIT OF ) HABEAS CORPUS AND DENYING GEORGE JAIME, et al., ) CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY ) Respondents. ) )

PROCEEDINGS

18 On March 5, 2020, Alberto Casillas (“Petitioner”), a prisoner in state custody, filed a 19 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. Section 2254 (“Petition”). On July 20 9, 2020, Warden Jaime (“Respondent”) filed an Answer. On October 21, 2020, Petitioner 21 filed a Reply. 22 Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), both parties have consented to proceed before this 23 Magistrate Judge. 24 /// 25 /// 26 /// 27 /// 28 PRIOR PROCEEDINGS On August 31, 2017, a Los Angeles County Superior Court jury found…