Shon Oliventa Williams v. L Bird

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WESTERN DIVISION 11 12 SHON OLIVENTA WILLIAMS, ) No. CV 21-3375-MWF (PLA) ) 13 Petitioner, ) ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: DISMISSAL ) OF HABEAS PETITION 14 v. ) ) 15 L. BIRD, ) ) 16 Respondent. ) ) 17 18 I 19 BACKGROUND 20 On April 13, 2021, Shon Oliventa Williams (“petitioner”) filed a Petition under 28 U.S.C. § 21 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus by a Person in State Custody in the United States District Court 22 in the Eastern District of California; that Petition was transferred to this Court, received on April 23 22, 2021, and assigned case number CV 21-3375-MWF (PLA) (“3375 Petition”). The 3375 24 Petition challenges petitioner’s June 2016 conviction in Los Angeles County Superior Court case 25 number YA093048, in which petitioner pleaded no contest to carjacking (Cal. Penal Code § 215) 26 27 28 1 and received a sentence of fifteen years in state prison.…