Hoadena Ingram v. Habeas Corpus

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 HOADENA INGRAM, Case No. 5:20-cv-01527-JVS-MAA Petitioner, ORDER DISMISSING PETITION

AND DISMISSING ACTION

v. WITHOUT PREJUDICE HABEAS CORPUS, Respondent. 16 17 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On July 30, 2020, the Court received and filed Petitioner Hoadena Ingram’s (“Petitioner”) pro se Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (“Petition”). (Pet., ECF No. 1.) Petitioner challenges a 2013 sentencing enhancement that was based on prior convictions obtained by guilty plea. (Id. at 2–3.) He relies on a 2019 state legislative enactment, California Assembly Bill No. 1618, which renders void as against public policy certain guilty plea agreements that include a waiver of the right to raise claims based on future changes in the law. (Id. at 3–5.) 27 1 Pinpoint citations of filings in this Order refer to the page numbers appearing in the ECF-generated headers. …