Emmett Johnson v. Christian Pfeiffer
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMMETT JOHNSON, Case No. 2:21-cv-04259-JVS (AFM)
Petitioner,
ORDER SUMMARILY DISMISSING
HABEAS PETITION FOR LACK OF v.
SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION
CHRISTIAN PFEIFFER,
15 Respondent. 16 17 Petitioner, a state prisoner, was convicted of murder in 1996. (Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No. TA041797). He is currently serving a sentence of life without parole imposed as a result of that conviction. On May 20, 2021, Petitioner filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging his 1996 conviction. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF 1.) Petitioner has filed numerous prior habeas corpus petitions in the Central District of California challenging his 1996 conviction. The first, filed in September 2010, was summarily dismissed on procedural grounds. Case No. 2:10-cv-06792- JVS(RZ). The second petition, filed in December 2013, was dismissed with prejudice as time-barred. Case No. 2:13-cv-07464-JVS(RZ). Three subsequent…